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David Bintz

David Bintz

In 2000, David Bintz and his brother, Robert, were sentenced to life in prison without parole for a 1987 abduction and murder of a bartender in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They were exonerated in 2024 based on DNA testing and genetic genealogy which identified the real killer. (From left: Rachel Burg of Wisconsin Innocence Project, David Bintz, attorney Zoe Engberg.)​
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Robert Bintz

Robert Bintz

In 2000, Robert Bintz and his brother, David, were sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1987 abduction and murder of a bartender in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They were exonerated in 2024 based on DNA testing and genetic genealogy which identified the real killer. ( From left: Jim Mayer of Great North Innocence Project, Robert Bintz, and Chris Renz and Jacklyn Heckman of Chestnut Cambronne law firm.)​
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Clyde Kennard

Clyde Kennard

In November 1960, Black activist Clyde Kennard was convicted of burglary in Forrest County, Mississippi and sentenced to seven years in prison. In May 2006, nearly 40 years later, Kennard, who had died in 1963, was exonerated after his co-defendant admitted he falsely implicated Kennard after being threatened by police.​
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Benjamine Spencer

Benjamine Spencer

Benjamine Spencer, of Dallas, Texas, was convicted of murder in 1987. He received a new trial and was convicted of aggravated robbery in 1988. He was exonerated in 2024, after two witnesses recanted and Spencer's legal team discovered evidence undermining the testimony of the state's key witness. (Photo: spectrumlocalnews.com)​
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Roderick Pippen

Roderick Pippen

In 2014, Roderick Pippen was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a murder in Detroit, Michigan. He was granted a new trial, and the case was dismissed based on evidence that the only witness to implicate him had falsely accused Pippen of the crime. (Pippen pictured with his family. ​Photo: Courtesty of Katherine Marcuz)
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