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Jamaican musician Vybz Kartel has murder conviction quashed

The Jamaican musician Vybz Kartel’s conviction for the murder of an associate more than a decade ago has been quashed, with a London court ruling that attempts to bribe the trial jury meant the conviction was unsafe. The dancehall star, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, is one of Jamaica’s most popular artists and […]

Glynn Simmons spent 48 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Here’s how he fought his way to freedom

Glynn Simmons was released last year after almost half a century behind bars. Now 70, he describes his torment and terror as he battled to overturn one of the worst miscarriages of justice in US history Glynn Simmons had been in Oklahoma for six days when he was arrested on suspicion of robbery. He was

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