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Eric Riddick, now 51 years old, says he had nothing to do with the murder of his best friend, William Catlett, in November of 1991. He was released from prison after three decades following a review by the Philadelphia DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » …

Amid the growing push across the nation to reform the criminal justice system, victims’ rights advocates fear victims are being left out of the conversation. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that …

NBC’s Kate Snow visits the Washington Corrections Center for Women, where moms who meet certain criteria are allowed to keep their babies with them behind bars. It’s one of a handful of prisons across the country with similar residential parenting programs. The director there says the program helps with essential …

The Innocence Project, a group dedicated to clearing the names of the wrongly convicted, says 28% of exonerations achieved through DNA evidence involve defendants who made false confessions. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful …

Lester spent three days locked up and embedded in Angola, where he stayed in a cell block reserved for high-risk offenders and spoke with guards and prisoners about what life is like inside the prison. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital …

After over 27 years behind bars, Lawrence Bartley is now released and serves as the Director of The Marshall Project’s “News Inside,” a magazine for incarcerated readers. The magazine is now in 320 facilities in 37 states and D.C. and Canada, featuring stories about the justice system.» Subscribe to NBC …

In our new ongoing series “Justice For All,” Lester Holt speaks with a Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison after voting in the 2016 election while she was on supervised release from federal prison. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews …

Cyntoia Brown, who received a life sentence for killing a man she said hired her for sex when she was a teenager, walked free from a Tennessee prison today after serving 15 years—nearly half her life—behind bars. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC …