Onsy Zachary

Onsy Zachary was falsely accused by his brother, who wants him deported. Onsy and his wife, Fadia, fled Egypt to escape religious persecution and sought religious asylum in the U.S.
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Father Paul Shanley

Father Paul Shanley, 82, became one of the highest-profile figures in the Catholic abuse scandal that gripped the state in 2002. But while Shanley’s conviction in February was widely interpreted as a closing chapter in the scandal, his case …

Victor Rosario

Victor Rosario

(photo credit: Peter Chermayeff) On the basis of statements signed while in the throes of delirium tremens, Mr. Rosario was convicted 32 years ago of a crime he did not commit. The police concede that, during the interrogation, …

Elsie Oscarson

Elsie Oscarson. Elsie Oscarson is serving a life sentence for allegedly molesting her two sons at her home in Vermont when they were three and four years old. She was supposed to have engaged in oral sex with them. She …

Robert Halsey

Robert Halsey drove a school bus for twenty years, delivering an entire generation of Lanesboro children to school. He and his wife raised one daughter and he had no criminal record.
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Bruce Clairmont

Bruce Clairmont. Bruce Clairmont’s story begins in June, 1991, when he and his wife of 18 years, Deborah, separated. At that time, two of the children stated their preference to live with their father. Read More.…

Bernard Baran

Bernard Baran was 19 and working in a daycare when the panic ravaged the nation in the early 80s. He was sent to prison for 22 years, where he was raped, beaten, and denied adequate medical care. Read more.…

The Amirault Family

The Amirault Family. For 18 years, Violet Amirault ran a thriving and well-loved daycare center in Malden, Massachusetts. In later years, she was assisted by her son, Gerald, and her daughter, Cheryl. Read more.