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Thomas Haynesworth (born March 21, 1965) is a resident of Richmond, Virginia, who served 27 years in state prison as a result of four wrongful convictions for crimes for which he was exonerated in 2011. Haynesworth was arrested in Richmond at the age of 18 in 1984 after a woman identified him as her attacker.
Studies cited by the Innocence Project estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent; [6] however, a 2017 study looking at convictions in the state of Virginia during the 1970s and 1980s and matching them to later DNA analysis estimates a rate of wrongful conviction at 11.6%.
Killed a man and attempted to kill another during a botched burglary. Marlon Legere: 2006 2 life sentences without parole plus 26 years United States: Murderer of two NYPD detectives. Evaded the death penalty because it was abolished in the State of New York three months before his trial. Anders Eklund: 2008 2 life sentences without parole plus ...
Convicted of 17 counts of aggravated robbery, 8 counts of robbery, and 1 count of weapons violation. He was given 17 64 year sentences and 8 24 year sentences totalling 1,256 years. Given another 10-year sentence. [59] Sentenced to 6 years in 2003 for the bank robbery before. Juan Antonio Olarra Guridi 2007 1,243 years Spain
In 1982, 19-year-old Rebecca Lynn Williams, mother of three, was raped and murdered in Culpeper, Virginia.In 1983 in neighboring Fauquier County, Virginia, Earl Washington Jr., a black man with a major intellectual disability, [2] was arrested for and admitted to breaking into the home of and wounding a neighbor during a drunken dispute.
A Virginia prosecutor last week charged seven Henrico County sheriff’s deputies and three staff members at the hospital with second-degree murder. They were indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday.
New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.
A Brunswick County man claimed deputies did not have probable cause to search his car that was found stopped in the middle of U.S. Route 460 in 2021 State court will not toss man's drugs, weapons ...