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Harold Buntin exonerated in Indianapolis
Posted: June 8, 2007 11:02 am
DNA testing has proven that Harold Buntin served 13 years in Indiana prisons for a rape he didn’t commit. His last two years in prison came after he was officially exonerated, because paperwork ordering his release was lost in court files. Buntin finally walked out of prison in April of this year after the error was rectified. He told press that “somebody has to answer” for the injustice he suffered.
"I'm going to move on and take care of my business," he told The Indianapolis Star for a story Tuesday. "But I feel like somebody has to answer for that. I never should have been in jail -- and I spent two more years there after they knew I was innocent."Buntin was represented by a private attorney. The Innocence Project tracks all DNA exonerations nationwide and recently completed an examination of the case. Harold Buntin is the 203rd person exonerated by DNA testing nationwide and the fifth in Indiana. Read more about his case in our Know the Cases section.
Read the full story here. (Associated Press, 4/24/2007)
Tags: Indiana, Harold Buntin, Eyewitness Misidentification
Wednesday marks first anniversary of Anthony Capozzi's exoneration
Posted: March 31, 2008 10:50 am
One year ago Wednesday, Anthony Capozzi was released from prison after spending 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He was wrongfully convicted in 1985 of two brutal rapes that took place in Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York.
Capozzi became a suspect in a series of rapes committed in a Buffalo park after passersby noticed him acting strangely in the area. His noted behavior was in part due to his medically diagnosed schizophrenia. Although his physical appearance didn't match the victims' descriptions of the attacker, he was identified in court by all three victims and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Last year, biological evidence from the crimes - believed for years to be lost - was found in a hospital drawer at the Erie County Medical Center and was finally tested for DNA. The DNA results not only excluded Capozzi of the crime, but also pointed to the identity of the actual perpetrator, a man named Altemio Sanchez, who is currently incarcerated for similar crimes.
Watch a Dateline NBC episode on the case, "On the Trail of the Bike Path Rapist"
Read more about Capozzi's case here.
Other exoneration anniversaries this week:
Thursday: Eddie Lowery, Kansas (Served 9.5 years, Exonerated 4/3/03)
Dennis Maher, Massachusetts (Served 19 years, Exonerated 4/3/03)
Friday: Harold Buntin, Indiana (Served 13 years, Exonerated 4/4/05)
Saturday: Terry Chalmers, New York (Served 7.5 years, Exonerated 4/5/95)
Tags: Harold Buntin, Anthony Capozzi, Terry Chalmers, Eddie James Lowery, Dennis Maher