Wednesday 7 October 2009

Texas and Innocence




The State of Texas is home to more verified wrongful convictions than any other state in the Nation. 38 individuals have been exonerated by DNA testing, and several more have had their wrongful convictions overturned on other grounds.
The following individuals have been exonerated via the use of DNA testing in Texas.
Gilbert Alejandro, 3.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 1994
Kevin Byrd, 12 years incarcerated, exonerated in 1997
Ben Salazar, 5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 1997
A.B. Butler, 16 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2000
Roy Criner, 10 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2000
Carlos Lavernia, 15 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2000
Anthony Robinson, 10 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2000
David Pope, 15 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2001
Calvin Washington, 13 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2001
Mark Webb, 10 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2001
Richard Danzinger, 11 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2002
Chris Ochoa, 11.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2002
Victor Thomas, 15 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2002
Wiley Fountain, 16 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2003
Donald Good, 13.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2004
Josiah Sutton, 4.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2004
Entre Karage, 6.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2005
Brandon Moon, 17 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2005
Keith Turner, 4 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2005
George Rodriguez, 17 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2005
Arthur Mumphrey, 17.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2006
Billy Miller, 22 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2006
Eugene Henton, 1.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2006
Billy Smith, 19 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2006
Larry Fuller, 19.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2007
Andrew Gossett, 7 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2007
Greg Wallis, 17 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2007
James Waller, 10 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2007
James Giles, 10 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2007
Steven Phillips, 24 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2008
Ronald Taylor, 12 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2008
Charles Chatman, 26.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2008
Michael Blair, 13.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2008
Thomas McGowan, 23 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2008
Patrick Waller, 15.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2008
Ricardo Rachell, 5.5 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2009
Timothy Cole, 13 years incarcerated (passed away in prison), exonerated in 2009
Johnnie Lindsey, 27 years incarcerated, exonerated in 2009
To read more about the stories of several Texas DNA exonerees, click on the links below.
This page has the following sub pages.
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Charles Chatman
Anthony Robinson
James Waller
Keith Turner
Eugene Henton
Gregory Wallis
Billy James Smith
James Curtis Giles
Timothy Cole

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