178 Years in Prison for Five People. None of Them Were Guilty — 5 Broken Lives

Five true stories of people the justice system ground up and spat out. False identifications, fabricated testimony, untested evidence, racial bias — in every case, the state became the executioner. Kevin Strickland — 43 years for someone else's triple murder. Rafael Ruiz — 25 years because police never tested the rape kit. Lamont Byrd — 28 years because a detective fabricated cases by the dozen. Glynn Simmons — 48 years, a world record for wrongful imprisonment. Ben Spencer — 34 years without a single piece of physical evidence. 178 years of wrongful imprisonment combined. Not one of them committed the crime they were locked up for.