Author Alice Sebold has produced difficult books before: Her novel The Lovely Bones, soon to be filmed by director Peter Jackson, centers on a 14-year-old looking down from heaven after her own rape ...

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(AP) – A rape conviction at the center of a memoir by award-winning author Alice Sebold has been overturned because of what authorities determined were serious flaws with the 1982 prosecution and ...

A man who spent 16 years in jail after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold in 1981 will be paid $5.5m by New York state in a settlement, his lawyers said. The settlement would ...

Alice Sebold misidentified Anthony Broadwater as her rapist 40 years ago. He was exonerated last week, though he already served 16 years in prison for the crime. She wrote: "I want to say that I am ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A man who spent 16 ...

New York plans to require composting of yard waste, like leaves, twigs and grass clippings. By James Barron Anthony J. Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after being wrongly convicted in the assault ...

A 39-year-old rape conviction at the center of a memoir by award-winning author Alice Sebold has been overturned because of what authorities determined were serious flaws with the prosecution. Anthony ...

Timothy Mucciante, a former lawyer convicted of fraud, helped exonerate Anthony Broadwater of rape in 2021. Soon after, their friendship fell apart. By Maria Cramer The lawmaker, State Senator Steve ...