In 1993 Harry Ruiz was convicted of murder and was given a maximum sentence. He had been kept in prison for 25 years for a murder he did not commit. After a reinvestigation case was reopened it had found the other teenage witness and mother were told Ruiz was a part of the murder after he had been convicted. In 2019 he was released on parole in 2019. He had later been acquitted on all charges in April of 2026.
34 Reforms That Could Save Lives. Your State Legislators Have Them. Here Is What Is in Them.
In November 2025, the Prison Policy Initiative sent a package to 650 state legislators across all 50 states. The package contained 34 specific, evidence-based policy