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Celebrating freedom: Three exonerees mark anniversaries
Posted: August 8, 2007 7:00 am
Seven years ago today, Larry Youngblood walked out of an Arizona prison after serving nine years for a crime he didn’t commit. Eyewitness misidentification contributed to Youngblood’s conviction and it has been involved in more than 75 percent of wrongful convictions overturned by DNA testing.
Read more about Youngblood’s case and proposed reforms to identification procedures nationwide.
Also celebrating exoneration anniversaries this week:
Thursday: Ryan Matthews, Louisiana (Exonerated 8/9/2004)
Saturday: Wilton Dedge, Florida (Exonerated 8/11/2004)
Tags: Wilton Dedge, Ryan Matthews, Larry Youngblood, Eyewitness Identification