Wrongful convictions

Obie Anthony, right, is surrounded by family and his legal team after being awarded more than $8 million for a wrongful conviction.

(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

April 22, 2015 7:31 PM PT

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The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office is creating a unit dedicated to reviewing the integrity of past convictions.

Obie Anthony takes a pool shot in a makeshift game room inside his garage.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Obie Anthony, once wrongly convicted of murder and jailed nearly 17 years, tears up as he talks about leaving his past life behind while building a new life with his wife.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Kash Delano Register outside a restaurant in Los Angeles after being released from jail.

(Christina House / For the Times)

Kash Delano Register dines at a restaurant in Los angeles after being released from jail.

(Christina House / For the Times)

Susan Mellen hugs her brother, Michael, outside the Torrance courthouse after she was released from prison for being wrongly convicted of murder 17 years ago.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Susan Mellen celebrates with her attorney, Deirdre O’Connor, left, and David Mellen after a judge determined she was factually innocent of a 1998 murder.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)