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3 Kerry Kotler – suffolk County Convicted in 1982 of rape, burglary and robbery that happened in 1978 Sentenced to 25 to 50 years Age at conviction: 23 Served 10.5 years; exonerated in 1992 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: eyewitness misidentification, unreliable/limited science, government misconduct 4 Terry Chalmers – Westchester County Convicted in 1987 of rape, sodomy, robbery and grand larceny that happened in 1986 Sentenced to 12 to 24 years Age at conviction: 19 Served 7.5 years; exonerated in 1995 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: eyewitness misidentification 5 Victor ortiz – orange County Convicted in 1984 of rape and sodomy that happened in 1983 Sentenced to 25 years Age at conviction: 28 Served 11.5 years; exonerated in 1996 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: eyewitness misidentification 6 Habib Wahir Abdal – Buffalo Convicted in 1983 of a rape that happened in 1982 Sentenced to 20 years to life Age at conviction: 44 Served 16 years; exonerated in 1999 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: eyewitness misidentification, government misconduct 7 James o’Donnell – staten Island Convicted in 1998 of attempted sodomy and assault that happened in 1997 Sentenced to 3 to 7 years Age at conviction: 34 Served 2 years; exonerated in 2000 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: eyewitness misidentification 8 THe InnoCenCe PRoJeCT
8 Hector Gonzalez – Brooklyn Convicted in 1996 of a murder that happened in 1995 Sentenced to 15 years to life Age at conviction: 18 Served 5.5 years; exonerated in 2002 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: eyewitness misidentification 9 Antron McCray – Manhattan Convicted in 1990 of rape and assault that happened in 1989 Sentenced to 5 to 10 years Age at conviction: 15 Served 6 years; exonerated in 2002 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: unreliable/limited science, false confession Kevin Richardson – Manhattan 10 Convicted in 1990 of attempted murder, rape, sodomy and robbery that happened in 1989 Sentenced to 5 to 10 years Age at conviction: 14 Served 5.5 years; exonerated in 2002 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: unreliable/limited science, false confession, government misconduct Yusef salaam – Manhattan 11 Convicted in 1990 of rape and assault that happened in 1989 Sentenced to 5 to 10 years Age at conviction: 15 Served 5.5 years; exonerated in 2002 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: unreliable/limited science, false confession 12 Raymond santana – Manhattan Convicted in 1990 of rape and assault that happened in 1989 Sentenced to 5 to 10 years Age at conviction: 14 Served 5 years; exonerated in 2002 Factors leading to wrongful conviction: unreliable/limited science, false confession 23 CAses AnD THeIR ConseqUenCes 9
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Page 37 and 38: ConCLUsIon time to research for evi
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APPenDIx A defenses. Prosecutors al
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APPenDIx A suggested she had been r
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APPenDIx A from the defendants pres
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APPenDIx A brother’s moving busin
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APPenDIx A days or weeks. The bandi
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APPenDIx A While the case was being
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APPenDIx A watching television, he
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APPenDIx A The Office of the Chief
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APPenDIx A Deskovic’s alleged con
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APPenDIx A consistent” with Brown
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APPenDIx B APPenDIx B RePoRT on THe
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RePoRT on ConVICTIon oF JeFFReY Des
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RePoRT on ConVICTIon oF JeFFReY Des
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scientific evidence exonerated him.
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It is, of course, theoretically pos
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· · a murder that he did not comm
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wholly unsupported by anything poli
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investigative reports strongly sugg
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interrogations of Deskovic on Janua
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a confession. 44 During part of thi
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emained steadfast. Finally, on Janu
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Deskovic’s knowledge of Correa’
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As it was, the Grand Jury was denie
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he was aware, as the jury was not,
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On this record, the trial judge may
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without his attorney. 112 There is
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Court’s Mid-trial Loss of Evidenc
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arrested. District Attorney DiFiore
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occasions a voice tape recorder was
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The Innocence Project was founded i
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