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2 Cases |
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Location |
Defendant(s) |
Date of Alleged Crime |
| Canyon County, ID | Charles Irvin Fain | Feb 24, 1982 (Nampa) |
| After 9-year-old Daralyn Johnson was kidnapped, raped, and drowned, Fain, along with dozens of others was asked to provide hair samples for comparison to the hairs found on the victim. After performing microscopic hair comparison, an FBI forensics expert determined that the suspect hairs were similar to Fain's. At trial, the prosecution relied on the testimony of two jailhouse informants. They claimed that Fain had told them of his involvement in the crime and provided graphic details. Fain was convicted and sentenced to death. He served 18 years before DNA tests showed that the hairs did not come from him. (IP087) (NL) [6/05] | ||
| Idaho County, ID | Mark Lankford | June 21, 1983 |
| Mark Henry Lankford was convicted along with his brother Bryan of beating to death Robert and Cheryl Bravence in the Idaho wilderness. Mark was not at the scene of the crime but was convicted because Bryan was promised life imprisonment instead of death, for testimony against his brother. Bryan has since recanted, but Mark has spent 20 years in solitary confinement on Death Row. (Free Mark) [3/05] | ||