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Man wrongly imprisoned for decades declared innocent ... — A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit was declared innocent by a judge in Los Angeles on ...
Maurice Hastings, who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit, appears at a court in Los Angeles where a judge officially found him to be factually innocent on ...
Maurice Hastings (born 1953) is an American former prisoner who was wrongfully convicted for the rape and murder of Roberta Wydermyer in 1983. He was released after being incarcerated for 38 years because DNA evidence linked to the murder implicated another man.
[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.
Maurice Hastings was convicted in the murder of an Inglewood woman in 1988. New evidence set him free. Man wrongly convicted of Inglewood murder freed after 38 years by DNA evidence
Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman were released that year. (Ronnie Bridgeman, by then known as Kwame Ajamu, had been paroled in 2003 after 28 years in prison, and had been successful in his new life.) [2] According to the National Registry of Exonerations, Jackson was imprisoned for 39 years on this wrongful conviction.
In November 1974 Judith Ward was wrongfully convicted of the February M62 coach bombing, which killed 12 people (9 soldiers & 3 civilians) and injuring 38. She was also convicted of a handful of smaller bombings (which resulted in no fatalities). 1974 Birmingham Six: Planting two bombs Birmingham Life 17 years Yes, 1991 (compensation granted)
In addition to Johnson, Kevin Strickland was freed in 2021 after more than 40 years for three killings in Kansas City after a judge ruled he had been wrongfully convicted in 1979. Show comments ...