TOO MANY WRONGFULLY CONVICTED - The Innocence Project

DENNIS HALSTEAD • 20050JOHN RESTIVO • 2005 ALAN CROTZER • 200616 YEARS 16 YEARS 24.5 YEARSNEW YORKFLORIDAInvestigators in the Together with defendants Three men broke intomurder of a 16-year-old John Kogut and Dennis a Tampa home in 1982girl focused, in part, Halstead, John Restivo and kidnapped andon Dennis Halstead was convicted of the raped an adult womanwho was believed to rape and murder of a and a 12-year-old girl,be associated with 16-year-old girl on leaving them tied to aanother young woman Long Island. DNA testing tree after the attack.ANYwho had disappeared.WRONGFULLYproved the innocenceCONVICTEDOne of the victimsTogether with John of all three men in identified Alan Crotzer,Kogut and John Restivo, 2003, and they were who maintained thatNEW YORKHalstead was convictedof rape and murder in1987. After severalrounds of exculpatoryDNA testing, all threemen were released in2003 and exoneratedin 2005.fully exonerated in2005. The realperpetrator was neverfound. Today, Restivolives in Florida withhis girlfriend.he had no knowledgeof the crime. In 2003,he secured DNA testingand was exoneratedin 2006.EUGENE HENTON • 20061.5 YEARSTEXASIn exchange for aguilty plea, EugeneHenton received asentence of four yearsin prison for a 1984sexual assault that hedid not commit. Whenhe was paroled a yearand a half later, hecontinued his pursuitof DNA testing, whichled to his exoneration.He is now servingtime for two unrelatedconvictions.ARTHUR MUMPHREY200617.5 YEARSTEXASBased on the testimonyof a co-defendant,Arthur Mumphrey wasconvicted of sexualassault and sentencedto 35 years in prison.In exchange fortestifying againstMumphrey, hisco-defendant receiveda reduced sentenceof 15 years.Eventually, DNAtests confirmed theco-defendant’sguilt and Mumphrey’sinnocence.NY WRONGFULLY CONVICTEDthe amounts of compensation ranged36 | Innocence Project