The Philadelphia Observer

74-Year-Old Woman Wrongly Convicted Of Toddler’s Murder Exonerated After 35 Years

For 35 years, Joyce Watkins has maintained her innocence in the death of her 4-year-old great niece, for which she spent 27 years in prison. On Jan. 12, the state of Tennessee finally acknowledged that she had been wrongly convicted, making Watkins the first Black woman – and […]