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Michael Morton (born August 12, 1954) is an American who was wrongfully convicted in 1987 in a Williamson County, Texas court of the 1986 murder of his wife Christine Morton. He spent nearly 25 years in prison before he was exonerated by DNA evidence which supported his claim of innocence and pointed to the crime being committed by another ...
Kerry Max Cook (born 1956) is an American former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Linda Jo Edwards in 1977. [1] On June 19, 2024, the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals determined that he was actually innocent, citing a litany of prosecutorial misconduct and errors. [2]
[188] [189] [190] West Virginia paid out a total of $6.5 million to settle lawsuits by people who had been wrongfully convicted due to Zain. [191] [192] [193] Feb 11, 1987: Tim Masters: Murder: Fort Collins, Colorado: Life in prison 9 years Yes Peggy Hettrick was murdered in 1987. Masters was a sophomore in high school at the time of the murder.
After nearly 47 years, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this week exonerated Kerry Max Cook for the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards, declaring him innocent of a crime for which he spent nearly ...
Melissa Lucio was two days away from being put to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter when an appeals court intervened in 2022. Now, a judge says Lucio never committed the ...
José Tinajero was released from a Chicago prison after 25 years and his murder ... has been living in Texas. ... Tinajero is one of 395 Latino people who have been wrongfully convicted and ...
Randall Dale Adams (December 17, 1948 – October 30, 2010 [1]) was an American man wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death after the 1976 shooting of Dallas police officer Robert W. Wood. [2] [3] His conviction was overturned in 1989. [4] Throughout his legal ordeal, Adams maintained his innocence.
Johnson's execution date was set for 6 pm on October 19, 2006. Johnson was put on suicide watch 36 hours before the execution, and he was checked every 15 minutes. Johnson refused a last meal. At 2:45 am on October 19, 2006, Johnson was found, unresponsive, in a pool of blood in his cell in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit.