www.texas-justice.com
TEXAS1990 - Clarence Brandley - Released - within days of execution - police officers threatened witnesses, trial judge and prosecutor who held secret meetings, prosecutors who destroyed evidence, state attorney general who lied, racial discrimination.
1991 - Frederico M. Macias - Released within 2 days of execution -prosecution ignored evidence of innocence, grand jury refused to reindict because of lack of evidence.
1993 - Leonel Herrera - Executed - missed filing deadline on evidence
Committed by Texas, the Supreme Court and Governor Ann Richards
1993 - Kerry M. Cook - Released - from death row after 20 years
1994 - Ricardo A. Guerra - Released - from death row after 14 years
1995 - Jesse DeWayne Jacobs - Executed - known wrongful conviction
Committed by Texas, the Supreme Court and Governor George W. Bush
ARIZONA
1978 - Jonathan Treadway - Released - pathologists discounted evidence
1991 - "Tucson Four" - Prosecution dropped - coerced confessions finally discounted
VIRGINIA
1992 - Roger K. Coleman - Executed - missed filing deadline on evidence
Committed by defense attorneys, Virginia, the Supreme Court and the Governor of Virginia
GEORGIA
1978 - Earl Charles - Released - alibi substantiated, city settled law suit
1991 - Gary Nelson - Released -11 years on death row - offical lies, false testimony and withholding evidence
CALIFORNIA
1991 - Titus L. Brown - Released - after 7 years - prosecution knowingly used false evidence
1991 - Thomas R. Merrill - Released - prosecution hid witness statement
NEW YORK
1992 - Walker - Released - after 20 years - prosecution refused to acknowledge probable innocence
FLORIDA
1973 - David Keaton - Released - the actual killer was convicted.
1975 - Freddie Pitts - Released - another man confessed.
1977 - Delbert Tibbs - Released - evidence did not justify conviction
1992 - Jesse Tafero - Executed - perjured testamony
PENNSYLVANIA
1992 - Jay Smith - Released - egregious prosecutorial misconduct
NEW MEXICO
1976 - Clarence Smith - Released - another confessed and witness lied
MARYLAND
1993 - Kirk Bloodsworth - Released - tried twice, DNA confirmed innocence
ALABAMA
1993 - Walter McMillian - Released - 3 witnesses recant, case mishandled by prosecution