Victims of the State

Wrongly convicted innocents and other individuals abused by the Criminal Justice System.


U.S. Cases (1268)	Canadian Cases (26)	United Kingdom Cases (25)
New Case Summaries	Australia/N.Z. Cases (26)	Cases in Other Countries (23)
Executed Defendants	Murder Victims Found Alive	Mass Murder Cases
Police Officer Murder Cases	Police Officer Defendants	Self-Defense Cases
Intruder Murders	Arson Murder Cases	Child Abuse Cases
Timeline Discrepancies	Insufficient Evidence	Shaken Baby Syndrome
Coerced Confessions	Inconsistent Confessions	Voluntary False Confessions
Hearsay Testimony	False Fingerprint Evidence	Homicides That Are Suicides
Favorite Case Stories	Five Trial Defendants	Mistaken Witness ID
"No Body" Murder Cases	Husband Murder Cases	Wife Murder Cases
Convicted of Brother's Crime	Parent Murder Cases	Son/Daughter Murder Cases
Masked Assailant ID	Career Informant Cases	Same Name Crimes
Vehicle Related Cases	Homosexuality Related Cases	Fabricated Rapes
Triple Homicide Cases	Quadruple Homicide Cases	Double Jeopardy Cases
Failures to Report Body	Bite Mark Cases	Radical Defendants
Prison/Police Custody Cases	Miscellaneous Forensics	Recent Crime Cases
Case Listings By Name	Full Page Case Summaries	Resources


Case Summaries (except quoted ones in green text) are written by Dan Rastatter, Montgomery County, PA, U.S.A. Summaries in brown text are claims of innocence that have not been fully evaluated and are left to the reader to judge and/or research for himself. Summaries in blue text are cases that did not result in a conviction.