Four Exonerations on September 7, 2016
On September 7, 2016, four men in unrelated cases in different states were exonerated. They each spent between eight and twenty-eight years in prison. Clockwise from top left: Richard Raugust, Wayne Martin, Johnny Small, and Jimmie Gardner.
Francisco Carrillo
In 1991, 15-year-old Francisco “Franky” Carrillo was charged with the murder of Donald Sarpy during a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, California. He was convicted and served nearly 20 years of a life prison sentence before he was exonerated when all six eyewitnesses recanted and another man confessed to the crime.
Current Exonerations
Herb Maris - Fighting to Free the Innocent in the 1920s
"50 years before the Innocence Project was founded, in an era when claims of wrongful conviction were met with snickering skepticism, there was only Herbert Maris." Read more about Herb Maris's life and the TV show that was based on his life and work.
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