Goq: looks like Joseph’s statement of “almost every day” is coming true.
Though the circumstances are different, today we have this
And yesterday we had this in the news
Brooklyn: Man Convicted In Murder Case Freed After 21 Years In Prison
The scary part is how flaky the law seems. Sheldon Silver (although they may still retry him) is B”H not going to prison because of a recent Supreme Court ruling that more narrowly defines corruption, and in his case the instructions to the jury were more “machmir”.
I also wanted to point out in another thread that is now closed and discussed rightful tzeddakah causes , that AFAIK the mitzva of פדיון שבויים does not depend on guilt or innocence.