Topic 5 :
'How man inmates have been released from death row in NC
since 1976?'
More in detail at
abc news
Of the 11 people removed from death row because of judicial errors, two were found not guilty,
five received lesser sentences, one was re-sentenced death and three cases are pending.
In total, three death row inmates in North Carolina since 1985 were later found innocent.
In total, three death row inmates in North Carolina since 1985 were later found innocent. Alfred Rivera,
convicted of killing two men in Winston-Salem, was found not guilty by a jury when new evidence
showed he had been framed by a co-defendant. Murder charges were thrown out against Charles Muncey,
when another man confessed to killing a Wilkes County woman.Timothy Hennis was found innocent by a
second jury on charges of killing a Fayetteville woman and her two children because of uncertain
testimony by an "eyewitness."
More in detail at
spectatoronline.com
| Innocent: freed from death row: |
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| -Alfred Rivera: Winston-Salem man acquitted of double-murder in 1999 retrial. |
| -Charles Munsey: Innocent man dies in prison while awaiting retrial (died fall 1999) |
| -Timothy Hennis: Innocent man released from death row in 1989. |
| -Samuel Poole: freed during moratorium period in 1974
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| Likely or possible innocence: |
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| -Steven Bishop: awaiting retrial for 1991 Greensboro slaying. His half-brother later admitted to the killing. |
| -Anson Avery Maynard: Maynard's death sentence was commuted to life in 1992 because of questions about innocence,
yet he remains in prison.
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| Executed despite doubts about guilt: |
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| -Dawud Abdullah Muhammad: Executed in 1999 for double-murder in Pinehurst. Substantial evidence indicates the
crime was committed by a white man with long blond hair. Muhammad was the first and only inmate since 1977 to go to his death proclaiming
his innocence.
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More info at
unc.edu
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