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In 2023, their attempted murder convictions were overturned and the University of Akron granted them full scholarships to earn their college degrees. [75] Leonard Mack was exonerated of rape and gun charges after 47 years due to DNA evidence. [76] [77] Mack's wrongful conviction was the longest to be vacated to due advanced DNA testing. [78]
In eyewitness identification, in criminal law, evidence is received from a witness "who has actually seen an event and can so testify in court". [1]The Innocence Project states that "Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide, playing a role in more than 75% of convictions overturned through DNA testing."
The Innocence Project established the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program, a program that helps states defray the costs of post-conviction DNA testing. [155] 1984: Darryl Hunt: Murder Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Life in prison 19.5 years Yes Hunt was convicted of the murder of Deborah Sykes on the basis of eyewitness testimony.
A Columbia County Superior Court judge recently overturned the conviction of a Columbia County man who was tried in connection to an attempted rape in July 1994. Earnest Ray White, 63, last week ...
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DNA tests exonerated him in 2006 and identified the real guilty criminal Larry Smith. Lincoln County. Russ Faria was convicted of the 2011 murder of his wife, Betsy Faria, and sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of parole. His wrongful conviction was challenged and a new trial was ordered in June 2015. He was acquitted on November 6, 2015.
Exonerations may be browsed and sorted by name of the exonerated individual, state, county, year convicted, age of the exonerated individual at the time of conviction, race of the exonerated individual, year exonerated, crime for which falsely convicted, whether DNA evidence was involved in the exoneration, and factors that contributed to the wrongful conviction. [8]