| Kenneth Kagonyera | Incident Date: 9/18/00 Jurisdiction: NC Charge: First-degree murder Conviction: Second-degree murder Sentence: 12-15 Years |
Year of Conviction: 12/13/2001 Exoneration Date: 9/22/11 Sentence Served: 10 Years Real perpetrator found? Yes Contributing Causes: Eyewitness Misidentification, False Confessions / Admissions, Informants Compensation? Not Yet |
Kenneth Kagonyera and Robert Wilcoxson served 10 years in North Carolina prisons for a murder they didn’t commit before a three-judge panel overturned their convictions on September 22, 2011, based on DNA evidence proving innocence. The men falsely confessed and pled guilty to the crime, but have maintained since that they confessed in order to avoid possible execution.
The judges reviewed the case after the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission examined evidence and voted unanimously to recommend it for judicial review.
Get background on the case from the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission.
Read more about the case in USA Today and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The judges reviewed the case after the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission examined evidence and voted unanimously to recommend it for judicial review.
Get background on the case from the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission.
Read more about the case in USA Today and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
| Kenneth Kagonyera | Incident Date: 9/18/00 Jurisdiction: NC Charge: First-degree murder Conviction: Second-degree murder Sentence: 12-15 Years |
Year of Conviction: 12/13/2001 Exoneration Date: 9/22/11 Sentence Served: 10 Years Real perpetrator found? Yes Contributing Causes: Eyewitness Misidentification, False Confessions / Admissions, Informants Compensation? Not Yet |