|
Location |
Defendant(s) |
Date of Alleged Crime |
| Etowah County, AL |
Garner & Johnson |
July 15, 1905 |
|
Vance Garner and Will Johnson were convicted along with Jack Hunter of the
murder and criminal assault of Mrs. S. J. Smith near Gadsden. (In
Spite of Innocence) (Gainesville,
FL Daily Sun) |
| Delaware |
Jerome Waterman |
Convicted ~1990 |
|
According to wrongfully convicted DE inmate Mark Kirk (2-3-08 Letter): "I
personally read the lab results and reports in Jerome Waterman's case.
He was convicted of rape 18 years ago. ... DNA testing exonerated Mr.
Waterman 4 or five years ago, yet he still languishes in prison while courts
are mired in judicial red tape and hand wringing. I don't know any more
specifics of Jerome's case, because shortly after his test results came back,
he was transferred to maximum security??!!" (Website author could not
find anything on the Internet about the case) An appeals court
document filed by Kirk's lawyer also mentions Waterman's case. [2/08] |
| Hillsborough County, FL |
Mitchell James |
Nov 29, 1999 |
|
Mitchell Houston James was
sentenced to life imprisonment for three counts of DUI manslaughter.
At 1:15 a.m. on Nov 29, 1999, James was driving westbound on Fletcher Ave.
in Tampa, FL. As he approaching the intersection of Bruce B. Downs
Blvd, he noticed a single signal fly towards him and he slammed on his
brakes. A car, with headlights off, ran a red light, at least 20 to
30 seconds after it changed red, and James collided with it in the
intersection. The car was occupied by four college students, high
under the influence of narcotics. The driver, Leanna D.,19 , had only
been licensed for two months and was speeding without wearing her prescribed
lenses. The driver and another student, Majid T., died instantly while
a third, Jaclyn A., died in a hospital. Majid's aunt, Tami Sbar, was a
Florida State Attorney. The fourth student, David S., 20, survived and,
according to the Tampa Tribune, had told his mother, he was the
only one wearing a seat belt. However, a sheriff's report stated that
all four occupants were wearing seat belts.
At the scene,
James was questioned about the accident on videotape and it was evident that he was sober, communicating and
responding to all questions while suffering from a crushed pelvis. At trial it was claimed that tests
revealed he had a .234 to .237 alcohol level in his blood, which is nearly
three times the legal limit under a .08 standard. James' alleged blood
sample had been improperly stored and was destroyed by the state 5 days
after the accident, preventing it from being tested for his DNA.
Deputy Candace Fishel, the lead investigator, did a faulty accident
reconstruction. She held no degree in physics, and was not an expert in the
field of accident reconstruction. Fishel allowed both vehicles to be
destroyed long before James' trial. James says, "I am not guilty of
DUI manslaughter, because I was not drunk or impaired at the time of the
accident, nor was I at fault." (IIPPI) |
| Palm Beach County, FL |
Jesse Dean |
Sept 18, 1994 |
|
(Federal Case tried in West Palm Beach) Jesse Jerome Dean, Jr., a
Bahamian native, was convicted of drug trafficking. (IIPPI) |
|
Saint Lucie County, FL |
James Adams |
Nov 12, 1973 (Fort Pierce) |
|
James Adams, a black man, was convicted
of murder and sentenced to death. His alleged victim, millionaire
rancher Edgar Brown, was beaten with a fire poker in the course of an
alleged robbery in his home. Brown died in the hospital the next day
as a result of the beating. Adams was executed in the electric chair
on May 10, 1984. (Equal
Justice USA)
|
| Suwannee County, FL |
Roy Minton |
1991-92 |
|
Roy Wilford Minton was sentenced to life imprisonment with 25 year minimum
for child sexual abuse. (IIPPI) |
| Chatham County, GA |
Melvin Griffin |
Feb 23, 1992 |
|
Melvin Jerome Griffin was sentenced as a juvenile to life imprisonment plus 45
years for murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery
and possession of a firearm. (IIPPI) |
| Lake County, IL |
Robert J. Kubat |
Nov 2, 1979 |
|
Robert J. Kubat was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of
Lydia Hyde. Hyde, a bartender, was kidnapped from a restaurant and bar
named "The Coffee And," near Kenosha, WI. Her body was later
found along the shoulder of old Route 41 in Illinois. She had been shot in
the back of the head. (JD13) |
| Rockland County, KY |
Ronnie Lee Bowling |
Jan - Feb 1989 |
|
Ronnie Lee Bowling was arrested for a crime in Rockland County and then also
charged with two unsolved crimes in adjoining Laurel County. He was given two death sentences plus 100 years for two
counts of burglary, two counts of robbery, two counts of murder, and one
count of attempted murder. (IIPPI) |
| Baltimore City, MD |
Edward Kimball |
June 10, 1926 |
|
Edward A. Kimball was convicted swindling $15,000 from Michael Funicielo. (CTI) |
| Wayne County, MI |
Louis Gross |
Nov 17, 1932 |
|
Louis Gross was convicted of the murder of Mortado Abraham, a Highland Park
rug merchant. Gross was freed following 16 years of imprisonment after
receiving help from The Court of Last Resort. (NY
Times) (In
Spite of Innocence) (CLR) |
| Bronx County, NY |
Manuel Vega |
Aug 18, 1999 |
|
Manual Vega was convicted of murdering his wife, Johana Vega, by
strangulation. After being interviewed by police about the murder,
Manuel was released. He was
not arrested until nine months later when police discovered a history of
uncharged domestic violence in the years prior to the homicide. (IIPPI) |
| Erie County, NY |
Grzechowiak & Rybarczyk |
July 27, 1929 |
|
Stephen Grzechowiak and Max Rybarczyk were convicted with Alexander
Bogandoff of the murder of Ferdinand Pachter, a payroll clerk of the
Chevrolet Motor Company and Fisher Body Corporation. Pachter was shot
three times and robbed of the $8396 payroll he was carrying. Bogandoff
insisted that neither Grzechowiak nor Rybarczyk were involved in the crime
and that the eyewitnesses who identified them were mistaken. He
refused to name his true accomplices. At the executions of the three
on July 17, 1930 in Sing Sing prison, Grzechowiak and Rybarczyk maintained
their innocence and Bogandoff again declared the two were innocent. (ISI)
(NY Times) |
| Kings County, NY |
Jeffrey Collins |
Dec 19, 1991 |
|
Jeffrey Collins was convicted of the shooting murder of Darryl Smith.
Smith's body was found laying on the floor inside a store at 627
Blake Avenue, Brooklyn. (IIPPI) |
| New York County, NY |
Thomas Bambrick |
Sept 24, 1915 |
|
Thomas Bambrick was convicted of murdering police officer George Dapping.
(Wrongly
Convicted) (New York Times) |
| New York County, NY |
Jalil Muntaqim |
May 21, 1971 (Harlem) |
|
Jalil Abdul Muntaqim (aka Anthony Jalil Bottom), a member of the Black
Panther Party, was convicted of murdering two New York City police officers,
Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones. (IIPPI) |
| Queens County, NY |
John Wesley Griffin |
Jan 31, 1994 |
|
John Wesley Griffin, Jr. was convicted of the murder of Octavious Wilson.
Six years before the murder, Griffin had been shot and robbed. Wilson was later found with
the gun that shot him. Following Wilson's murder, eyewitnesses to the
crime failed to pick Griffin's picture out of a photo lineup. Several
weeks into the investigation, after checking a computer crime file of Wilson's previous
incidents, police Detective Lally said he knew Griffin had to "be
the one." (IIPPI) |
| Rockland County, NY |
Victor Pulecio |
July 12, 1989 |
|
Victor A. Pulecio was convicted of attempted murder for allegedly shooting
New York State Troopers Christopher Elg and Noel Sanchez. (IIPPI)
(NY
Times) |
| Cuyahoga County, OH |
John Pudelski |
Mar 29, 1999 |
|
John Pudelski was convicted of murdering his daughter, Elly, who died 12
days after her birth. Medical evidence showed Elly died from
complications and injury during labor and birth. (IIAO) |
| Cuyahoga County, OH |
Grady Krzywkowski |
Nov 1999 - Apr 2000 |
|
Grady M. Krzywkowski was given three sentences of life imprisonment for child
sexual abuse. (IIPPI) |
| Guernsey County, OH |
Skip Roberts |
May 17, 1997 |
|
Clarence Dean Roberts (aka Skip) was convicted of the robbery and murder of
Leo Sinnett. (IIPPI) |
| Trumbull County, OH |
Anthony Cioffi |
1991, 1995 |
|
Anthony Cioffi was sentenced to 10 to 25 years of imprisonment for sexual
abuse of children. Evidence indicates that the allegations of abuse
arose from a custody dispute. (IIPPI) |
| Allegheny County, PA |
George Rahsaan Brooks |
Sept 30, 1975 |
|
George Rahsaan Brooks was convicted of the murder of Michael Miller.
Miller had been assaulted during a robbery of Schwartz Supermarket on Sept.
30, 1975. Brooks was arrested for the robbery and released.
After Miller died on Nov. 5, 1975, police Detective Spozarski claimed Brooks made a
confession to the robbery more than a month earlier for which no record
exists. (IIPPI) |
| Allegheny County, PA |
Michael Day |
Aug 10, 1994 (Turtle Creek) |
|
Michael Day was convicted of murdering his four-year-old daughter. The
child's mother has since confessed to the crime. (Justice
p20) |
| Cambria County, PA |
Kevin Siehl |
July 13, 1991 (Johnstown) |
|
Kevin Siehl was convicted of the murder of his wife, Christine. (Justice
p16) |
| Dauphin County, PA |
Gary W. Rank |
Mar 22, 1979 (Gratz) |
|
Gary W. Rank was tried for the murder of 78-year-old Helen Elizabeth Horn.
Horn was found strangled and beaten to death in her Gratz, PA home.
Rank was acquitted after NYU professor Salvatore Nicosia demonstrated how
plastic fingerprint impressions taken of Rank were transferred to Horn's
property. A Harrisburg Patriot article indicated that Rank was
preparing lawsuits against Sgt. Joseph Van Nort and Trooper John J. Holtz
for planting the fingerprints, as the two had investigated the crime.
State policeman Cpl. John Balshy, a fingerprint expert was also accused with
them. Reportedly a jury found Van Nort guilty of planting fingerprints
and his estate was ordered to pay Rank $50,000. The planting
apparently was performed with Sirchie fingerprint pads. (Main Source:
Joseph Wambaugh and the Jay Smith Case, Chapter 23) |
| Dauphin County, PA |
Lorenzo Johnson |
Dec 15, 1995 |
|
Lorenzo Johnson was convicted of the murder of Taragai Williams. (IIPPI) |
| Lehigh County, PA |
Patricia Rorrer |
Dec 15, 1994 |
|
Patricia Rorrer was convicted of the murders of her ex-boyfriend's wife,
Joann Katrinak, and the woman's four month-old son, Alex. The victims
disappeared from their home in Catasauqua and their bodies were found four
months later in a field 15 miles away. Rorrer said she was almost 500
miles away in North Carolina on the day of the disappearance. (Justice
p26) |
| Philadelphia County, PA |
Arnim Evans |
Mar 22, 1997 |
|
Arnim Darryl Evans was convicted of the murders of Rose Ann Youngblood and
Pam Blue. (IIPPI) |
| Westmoreland County, PA |
Eugene Williams |
June 1998 |
|
Eugene Williams was convicted of the stabbing murder of Kevin Golden.
(Justice
p12) |
| York County, PA |
Noel Matos Montalvo |
Apr 19, 1998 |
|
Noel Matos Montalvo was sentenced to death for the murders of Manuel Santana
and Miriam Ascencio. (IIPPI) |
| Marlboro County, SC |
C. D. Cooper |
Convicted 1921 |
|
C. D. Cooper was convicted of the murder of Nick Dulico. (In
Spite of Innocence) (Google) |
| Windham County, VT |
Vito Russo |
Nov 17, 2002 (Brattleboro) |
|
Vito Russo was found guilty of chasing John McKay's car down Marlboro Road
in Brattleboro, VT while firing shots from a sawed-off shotgun. Russo was sentenced to 15
to 21 years in prison. His conviction was overturned in 2008 though he
faces possible retrial. (www.justicepursued.com)
(IIPPI) |
| City of Alexandria, VA |
Alexander Cameron |
Nov 28, 1986 |
|
Alexander Cameron was convicted of rape, abduction, robbery and
breaking-and-entering. He was given two life sentences plus twenty
five years. (IIPPI) |
| City of Alexandria, VA |
Miguel Velasquez |
2000 |
|
Miguel Velasquez was charged with felony child abuse and neglect in regard
to his daughter Liliana. Velasquez and his wife had brought Liliana to
a medical exam, and at the couple's insistence, X-rays were taken of Liliana
which showed she had five rib fractures in various stages of healing.
Medical personnel reported the fractures as suspected abuse. After the
couple watched a news program, 20/20, that featured a story about Osteogenesis
Imperfecta (OI), a brittle bones disease, they realized Liliana showed symptoms
of the disease such a having blue tint to her eyes. The couple insisted
tests be done on Liliana, and the results showed she had a mild form of OI.
The couple still faced a long battle in getting criminal charges against
Miguel dropped and regaining custody of Liliana from Child Protective
Services. (PWN) |
| Henrico County, VA |
Herbert Bassette |
Nov 24,
1979 |
|
Herbert Russell Bassette was sentenced to death for the murder of
16-year-old Albert Lee
Burwell, Jr., a gas station employee. (JD15) |
|