USA - Here's a list of the people The Innocence Project freed from prison in 2008 by using DNA evidence.
USA - Here's a list of the people The Innocence Project freed from prison in 2008 by using DNA evidence.
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Here's a list of the people The Innocence Project freed from prison in 2008 by using DNA evidence.
- Michael Blair was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas. He served nearly 14 years on Texas death row.
- Kennedy Brewer was sentenced to death in 1995 for a child murder he didn't commit. DNA testing led to the identity of the real perpetrator. His exoneration also led to critical reforms on handling evidence and state oversight for autopsies.
- Dean Cage was exonerated by DNA testing in Chicago after spending 12 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit.
- Charles Chatman served 27 years in Texas prison for a rape he didn't commit.
- William Dillon served 26 years in a Florida prison before DNA testing led to his release.
- Nathaniel Hatchett was 17 years old when he was arrested for a carjacking and rape he didn't commit. He served 10 years in Michigan.
- Arthur Johnson spent 16 years in Mississippi prison for a rape he didn't commit.
- Rickey Johnson served 25 years in Louisiana prison for a rape he didn't commit. The test results pointed to the identity of a Louisiana inmate who was convicted of committing another rape in the same neighborhood after Johnson was convicted.
- Robert McClendon was exonerated by DNA. He spent 17 years in Ohio prison for a crime he didn't commit before he was cleared.
- Thomas McGowan served 23 years in Texas prison for a rape he didn't commit.
- Steven Phillips was exonerated in October after serving more than two decades in Texas prison for a series of rapes he didn't commit. DNA testing pointed to the identity of the real perpetrator of the crime.
- Ronnie Taylor was convicted in 1993 of a rape he didn't commit based on faulty forensic tests at the troubled Houston crime lab.
- Patrick Waller served more than 15 years in Texas prison for a rape he didn't commit. He is the 21st person cleared by DNA testing in Dallas County.
- Joseph White, exonerated in November, was the 1st person cleared by DNA testing in Nebraska history. His 5 co-defendants are awaiting pardons from the governor in order to be fully exonerated.
- Michael Blair was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas. He served nearly 14 years on Texas death row.
- Kennedy Brewer was sentenced to death in 1995 for a child murder he didn't commit. DNA testing led to the identity of the real perpetrator. His exoneration also led to critical reforms on handling evidence and state oversight for autopsies.
- Dean Cage was exonerated by DNA testing in Chicago after spending 12 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit.
- Charles Chatman served 27 years in Texas prison for a rape he didn't commit.
- William Dillon served 26 years in a Florida prison before DNA testing led to his release.
- Nathaniel Hatchett was 17 years old when he was arrested for a carjacking and rape he didn't commit. He served 10 years in Michigan.
- Arthur Johnson spent 16 years in Mississippi prison for a rape he didn't commit.
- Rickey Johnson served 25 years in Louisiana prison for a rape he didn't commit. The test results pointed to the identity of a Louisiana inmate who was convicted of committing another rape in the same neighborhood after Johnson was convicted.
- Robert McClendon was exonerated by DNA. He spent 17 years in Ohio prison for a crime he didn't commit before he was cleared.
- Thomas McGowan served 23 years in Texas prison for a rape he didn't commit.
- Steven Phillips was exonerated in October after serving more than two decades in Texas prison for a series of rapes he didn't commit. DNA testing pointed to the identity of the real perpetrator of the crime.
- Ronnie Taylor was convicted in 1993 of a rape he didn't commit based on faulty forensic tests at the troubled Houston crime lab.
- Patrick Waller served more than 15 years in Texas prison for a rape he didn't commit. He is the 21st person cleared by DNA testing in Dallas County.
- Joseph White, exonerated in November, was the 1st person cleared by DNA testing in Nebraska history. His 5 co-defendants are awaiting pardons from the governor in order to be fully exonerated.
— SOURCES
- (source: The Axis of Logic, 10/01/2009)
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