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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Alice Sebold publicly apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir “Lucky” and said she was struggling with the ...

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 ...

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 ...