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New books review wrongful convictions in Arizona and Australia
Posted: August 21, 2007 2:44 pm
Ray Krone served 10 years in prison, including four on death row, before he was exonerated by DNA testing. Now, his cousin Jim Rix has published a “startling” book on Krone’s story, titled Jingle Jangle: The Perfect Crime Turned Inside Out. Sisten Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents, says of the book:
A must for readers of true crime and anyone wondering why so many innocent people are convicted in America. The book satisfies from start to finish, from the opening of Ray Krone’s horror story, through the compelling analysis of what went wrong and on to the startling conclusion...
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Buy the book online.And in The Conviction of the Innocent, Australian attorney Chester Porter talks about the wrongful convictions he saw during his 52 years of practicing law in Australia, and undue attention often paid to unreliable courtroom experts and to the demeanor of nervous defendants.
Read a review of Porter’s book in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald.
Tags: Ray Krone
Brandon Moon marks three years of freedom
Posted: April 21, 2008 4:29 pm
Today marks the third anniversary of Brandon Moon’s exoneration in Texas. He was wrongfully convicted of a brutal rape in 1988 and sentenced to 75 years in prison. He served more than 16 years in prison before DNA testing proved his innocence and led to his release.
Moon became the main suspect after the victim viewed a photographic array and indicated that although Moon looked like the perpetrator, she couldn’t be sure. Resting on this hesitant identification, police secured a warrant and arrested Moon.
Moon was the only person in both the photographic and live lineup procedures and the victim identified him as the perpetrator in the live lineup. Additionally, Moon was identified as the perpetrator by two other women also believed to have been attacked by the same man.
Read more about eyewitness misidentification here.
At trial, a lab technician testified that Moon was a possible contributor of the evidence from the crime scene. Further testing during Moon’s appeals would prove that this testimony was seriously flawed, as the lab technician made inaccurate conclusions.
Read more about unreliable science here.
From the moment of his conviction, Moon began filing motions and appeals for DNA testing. He won access to DNA testing in 1989, but the results were deemed inconclusive because comparisons against the victim’s husband were not performed. He petitioned the court to allow for further testing, but was denied due to the court’s misconception that the other samples were unusable.
Finally, in 2001, Moon won access to further DNA testing and the results again excluded him as the perpetrator. In December 2004, Brandon Moon was released from prison and he was officially exonerated on April 21, 2005.
Read more about Brandon Moon’s case here.
Other exoneration anniversaries this week:
Today: Anthony D. Woods, Missouri (Served 18 years, Exonerated 4/21/05)
Wednesday: Anthony Hicks, Wisconsin (Served 5 years, Exonerated 4/23/97)
Walter Snyder, Virginia (Served 6.5 years, Exonerated 4/23/93)
Thursday: Hector Gonzalez, New York (Served 5.5 years, Exonerated 4/24/02)
Ray Krone, Arizona (Served 10 years, Exonerated 4/24/02)
Friday: David Shephard, New Jersey (Served 9.5 years, Exonerated 4/25/95)
Saturday: Alejandro Dominguez, Illinois (Served 4 years, Exonerated 04/06/2002)
Tags: Hector Gonzalez, Anthony Hicks, Ray Krone, Brandon Moon, David Shephard, Walter Snyder, Anthony D. Woods