For more than a year, Dan Guida has tried to raise red flags about a Conviction Review Unit’s decision to recommend exoneration in a controversial murder case. His requests for clarity and accountability have been met with silence, spurring deeper questions about the integrity of the process.

In this telling photograph, exonerated client Jarvis Ballard sits on the steps of Innocence & Justice Louisiana in New Orleans. Captured by The Advocate, it highlights both the personal journey of one man and the broader importance of advocacy organizations working to overturn wrongful convictions.

French Olympian Ysaora Thibus faced a potential four-year ban after testing positive for a prohibited substance. In a remarkable turn of events, she was cleared when she successfully argued that the contamination occurred through kissing her partner.