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American people wrongfully convicted of murder (83 P) Pages in category "American people acquitted of murder" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total.
[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.
Convicted 1996. [159] Anthony Porter, Illinois. Convicted 1983. [160] Ron Williamson, Oklahoma. Convicted 1988. Along with Gregory R. Wilhoit, Williamson later became the inspiration for and subject of John Grisham's 2006 non-fiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. [132] Ronald Jones, Illinois. Convicted 1989.
The post Judge vacates murder conviction of Chicago man wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years appeared first on TheGrio. “Relief, happiness, it was just amazing to walk out of there,” Brian Beals ...
I lost 17 years of my life, but I’ve lost more than just days. I lost an innocent man who was my husband. My life is dedicated to helping others.
According to the district attorney's office and the California Innocence Project, there was enough evidence gathered by a private investigator pointing to two other men responsible for the murder.
Brooks and Devlin meet with the retired policeman in charge of the original investigation and he was convinced that he knew the culprit, Edward Connor (Anthony Higgins) a neighbour and a suspected paedophile, who was arrested but the police couldn't get - or beat - a confession out of him so he was released for lack of evidence.
Richard Danziger and Chris Ochoa were convicted of a 1988 rape and murder of a woman and sentenced to life in prison. DNA tests and the confession of the true murderer exonerated the pair in 2001. Williamson County. Michael Morton was convicted of the 1986 murder of his wife, sentenced to life and spent 25 years in prison. Morton was exonerated ...