Ohio Innocence Project

The City of Cleveland has agreed to pay $4.85 million to David Ayers, 20 years after he was wrongfully convicted of murder. The city tucked the settlement announcement into its daily coronavirus press release Monday night. The judgement appears to bring to a close a decades-long saga for Ayers.

Imagine being stuck in prison for a crime you didn't commit. And as you wait to get out, the pandemic hits. WVXU interviewed two people in that...

A man who narrowly escaped execution after being convicted for a murder in Bucyrus is now suing Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, police, prosecutors and…

A Cleveland man who spent 23 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit went free today thanks to new forensic evidence. Family, friends and...

The city of Columbus and a group that works to free wrongly convicted people ended a years-long fight this week. The city will pay $19,000 dollars for…

Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the investigative files of a completed criminal case are a public record under state law. The court on Wednesday sided…

Imagine there is a grisly murder in your neighborhood. You and your neighbors stand outside and watch as the police attend the crime scene. Hours pass,…

Imagine there is a grisly murder in your neighborhood. You and your neighbors stand outside and watch as the police attend the crime scene. Hours pass,…