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In 2003, finger prints taken from fruit in the kitchen were matched to Albert Lindsey Turner who had been a suspect before the informant's call. In 2010, a petition was filed with the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission and the case and new evidence were given to a tribunal of judges in 2012.
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. (January 3, 1956 – April 24, 2022) was an American political operative and convicted fraudster from the state of North Carolina. Dowless' actions were at the center of a fraud investigation following the 2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election. In February 2019, North Carolina's election commission ...
In Canada, 2017–2018 data provided by Statistics Canada indicate an overall rate of conviction of 62% (of those charged in adult court). This is much lower than one might infer from the 3.6% acquittal rate because 1/3rd of the cases are withdrawn (either directly or indirectly via a "Crown Stay") before they reach a verdict.
Black and white people are exonerated at very similar extremely low rates when compared to their prison populations and convictions per race. As of 1/1/2025 black people were exonerated 1938 times over the last 36 years, starting in 1988 when record keeping began. Black exonerations average to 53/ year.
Here's the kicker: When people who committed crimes are paroled, they are given assistance to find housing and employment, and counseling. What do the wrongfully convicted get? No services at all.
Michael Smith, 52, of Cornelius, North Carolina, fraudulently obtained over $10 million in royalty payments through the scheme he orchestrated from 2017 to 2024, according to a federal indictment ...
Although several states have created commissions to examine causes of and remedies for wrongful convictions., [3] The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission is the only one of its kind to date in the United States. The law is modeled after one that established the Innocence Network of the United Kingdom. [4]
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.