Ricky Kidd receives $14 million settlement in wrongful conviction case against Kansas City, Missouri detectives
(KANSAS CITY, MO) The Kansas City, Missouri Board of Police Commissioners on April 29th, 2025 approved a $14 million settlement in the wrongful conviction case of Ricky Kidd, who spent over 23 years wrongfully incarcerated for a 1996 double homicide he did not commit. Mr. Kidd was exonerated in 2019. In 2021, the law firms…
Read articleNSBHF Joins Amicus Briefs to Support Law Firms Facing Unlawful Executive Orders
NSBHF joined amicus briefs supporting Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, and now Susman & Godfrey, as those firms challenge the White House’s unlawful Executive Orders targeting them and flouting the basic principles that underlie our profession. You can read each brief together with the appendix noting the firms that signed on below. Jenner & Block …
Read articleMarvin Roberts of Fairbanks Four Vindicated by Record-Breaking $11.5M Settlement
Roberts Spent Nearly 18 Years in Prison for a Murder He Didn’t Commit, Due to Corruption, Misconduct and Cover-Ups by Fairbanks Officials (Fairbanks, AK) — Marvin Roberts, who is Alaska Native, spent nearly 18 years wrongly incarcerated for a crime he did not commit: the brutal 1997 murder of John Hartman, a white 15-year-old in Fairbanks, Alaska.…
Read articleMarvin Haynes, Exonerated After Almost Two Decades, Sues Over Wrongful Conviction
Suit seeks justice for wrongful conviction which led to legislative change (MINNEAPOLIS, MN) The national civil rights law firm Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP (NSBHF) today filed a wrongful conviction lawsuit on behalf of Marvin Haynes, who was arrested at 16 and served almost two decades in prison for a murder he did…
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A Paralegal Gains Unique Insights on the Law
As an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University majoring in Public Health and Political Science, a legal career wasn’t on the horizon for Baltimore native Samiha Abd-Elazem. But her interest developed when she began tutoring incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people through a college program. “I wanted to look at the harm caused by the legal system…
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From Jeopardy! Contender to an Advocate for the Wrongfully Convicted
NSBHF paralegal Lucia Geng developed a taste for trivia after joining her high school’s Quiz Bowl team, so much that she earned herself a place on the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament in 2016. While she didn’t achieve champion status, she held her own up to the semi-final, won $10,000, and got to meet the legendary Jeopardy! host Alex…
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