ABC News: The Controversial Felony Murder Case of The Elkhart 4: Should Teens Be Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison?

Melissa's case has been over turned. Read more...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a new trial for one of the last living members of the Texas 7.

Randy Halprin was part of a group of escaped prisoners who broke out of the Connally Unit, a Texas prison, in 2000 and while on the run, fatally shot Irving police officer Aubrey Hawkins. Read more...

Missouri executed four people in 2023. Amber McLaughlin, Michael Tisius, Johnny Johnson and Leonard Taylor, who maintained that he was innocent, all died by lethal injection. The state is one of five in the country that carried out executions last year.

Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article291023350.html

Christopher's co-defendent, Rowan's stepfather, confessed to the murder before and led police to the body, but was only tried AFTER Christopher's death sentence was secured. David Spears only got 11 years. Read more...

Freddy was shot and killed in a parking lot by a security guard just for being on the property.

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"Bizarre and quite Kafkaesque": Experts call out Supreme Court's "absurd" death penalty hearing. Read Here.

Newsweek Article. The Supreme Court Must Stop Oklahoma From Executing Innocent Man | Opinion Read Here.

He spent 50 years fighting to leave prison. Now he helps others get out. Read here.

Since 2018, Alabama has had multiple botched executions and three failed execution attempts. Read the Equal Justice Initiative Report here.

A Chicago Cop Killed Someone in a Car Accident. They Blamed a 20-Year-Old Instead. Read More on The Appeal website.

The two legislators who took an unprecedented step to stop Roberson's execution speak out. Watch here...

The purpose of this bill is to revise the felony murder rule to prohibit a participant in the commission or attempted commission of a felony that has been determined as inherently dangerous to human life to be imputed to have acted with implied malice, unless he or she personally committed the homicidal act. Read it here...

Senate Bill 775, signed into law in 2021, largely restricted the filing of felony murder and other manslaughter and attempted murder charges to people who actually commit or intend to commit a killing. Read the LA Times story...

In prison, Khan taught himself about the felony murder rule and started working in criminal justice reform. Read about it here...

Sentenced to life for an accident miles away. Read more...

Washington Post  They Served Decades in Prison for a Crime They Say They Didn’t Commit

Medium The Story of Christopher Turner

NCPR A Murder, 7 Convictions and Many Question Marks

Ryan Holle was convicted of felony murder for loaning his car keys to his roommate who was subsequently involved in a robbery and murder.

Ryan was recently released from prison after serving 25 years. There is much information out there on Ryan Holle, but I found Appelman Law Firm has a concise write-up which you can read here...

Dana Chandler was convicted of 2 counts of murder based on little to no evidence. What evidence presented to the jury in her original case was found to be made up by the prosecutor, who was eventually censured by the Kansas Supreme Court and her license to practice law revoked.

Dana's conviction was overturned and she is free on bond awaiting her third murder trial.

Eileen Umbeher is an advocate for Dana Chandler. Learn more on Eileen's YouTube channel.