In 1983, Archie Williams was wrongfully convicted and sent to prison. This March, thanks to The Innocence Project, he was cleared and finally released. Today he told his story to Steve.
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Fingerprint match clears man after 36 years in prison following rape case
1 The Man Wrongfully Convicted for 36 Years || STEVE HARVEY
Gepubliceerd op 8 mei 2019
2 Fingerprint match clears man after 36 years in prison
27 mrt. 2019
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Fingerprint match clears man after 36 years in prison following rape case
A man serving a life sentence following his conviction for a 1982 rape and stabbing was freed last week after a match in a fingerprint database led to his exoneration.
The Innocence Project, a nonprofit focused on wrongful convictions, announced Thursday that Archie Williams had walked free after a Louisiana district court commissioner vacated his conviction after 36 years in prison.
“Mr. Williams first wrote to the Innocence Project for help in 1995. He was 35 years old,” Vanessa Potkin, the project’s director of post-conviction litigation, said in a statement. “Today, he walked out of prison at age 58.”
The commissioner, Kinasiyumki Kimble, moved last month to search an expanded FBI fingerprint database using prints left decades ago at the scene of the crime — a proposal to which prosecutors agreed.
Multiple fingerprints were left leading into the bedroom of the Baton Rouge home where the attack occurred, according to the nonprofit, all of which were ruled out as Williams’ at the trial.
The result: Fingerprint lifts taken from the scene led to the identification of another man, Stephen Forbes, who had confessed to multiple rapes after a 1986 arrest near the location of the crime for which Williams was convicted, the Innocence Project said.
Forbes died in prison in 1996, according to the nonprofit.
“If Commissioner Kimble had not insisted on, and First Assistant District Attorney Dana Cummings had not agreed to, a fingerprint search, Williams would have died in prison,” Emily Maw, senior counsel at the Innocence Project New Orleans, said in a statement.
Maw urged Louisiana lawmakers to give incarcerated people legal and open access to evidence that could prove them innocent and to allow experts to inform jurors how witnesses’ memories can unwittingly change over time.
The nonprofit said Williams was convicted “almost exclusively” on an identification by the victim, who identified Williams after seeing his photo a fourth time. Williams’ mother, sister and friend testified that he was asleep at home when the attack unfolded, the group recounted.
Williams’ relatives burst in tears Thursday after Kimble announced he would go free, citing “powerful evidence that Stephen Forbes committed this crime and Archie Williams did not,” according to The Advocate.
The newly freed man left courthouse surrounded by relatives, the newspaper reported.
“The sweet part about it is that I’m free, but the bitter part about it is that I’m not totally free because I inherited a family while I was in (prison) that’s just as innocent as I am,” Williams said,
3 When Prosecutors Withhold Information, Innocent People Go To Prison—or Worse.
Gepubliceerd op 28 jun. 2016
When it comes to deciding what evidence a jury should hear when deciding innocence or guilt, the American criminal justice system entrusts prosecutors with extraordinary power.
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The Private Eye Trying to Prove an Innocent Man Was Sentenced to Death
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Kenneth Clair has spent more than three decades in prison for the rape and murder of a young woman in Orange County, California. But he’s been seeking a retrial since ever since private eye CJ Ford uncovered the fact that the county DA had tested DNA evidence found on the scene and that it didn’t match Clair.
But the DNA testing isn’t the only piece of information the county withheld in this case. Prosecutors failed to disclose that the county had offered deals or incentives to multiple witnesses who testified against Clair.
In the case of Kenneth Clair, who lost when facing a prosecutor who purposely withheld information in multiple cases over the years, Sanders believes there are lingering questions that only fresh examination of the evidence can address.
“What else wasn’t turned over?” asks Sanders. “In a case like Clair, the right outcome, at the very minimum, is to give him a new trial.”
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Kenneth Clair’s death sentence earlier this year for murky reasons unrelated to evidence disclosure. He continues to serve a life sentence and is seeking a new trial.
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4 Exonerated: Thomas Raynard James
5 Thomas James is free after Justice Project finds him innocent
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55-year old American spent 31 years in jail: wrongly sentenced to life in prison after mistaken identity
A man who was unjustly sentenced to life in prison 31 years ago has been released from prison in the United States. In 1991, 55-year-old Thomas Raynard James was found guilty of murder following a robbery on the basis of one eye witness. Now that witness “admits he made a mistake”.
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An American who was sentenced to a life sentence 31 years ago, was released yesterday. This is what The New York Times writes. Thomas Raynard James (now 55, then 23) came into the picture in 1991 during a police investigation into a murder in a flat in 1990 after a tip-off about a certain Thomas James or Tommy James. This namesake would have planned the robbery. A photo of the innocent American was “recognised” by an eyewitness, whereupon James was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Apart from the testimony, there was no physical evidence linking Thomas Raynard James, or anyone else, to the murder. “I am sure of it, I will never forget his face and his eyes,” said Dorothy Walton at the time, the crucial witness and stepdaughter of the fatal victim. She was present in the flat during the murder. James himself has always denied his guilt and claims that he never visited the flat in question.
James and his family members tried for decades to get him released, but all attempts came to nothing. Later, Walton began to doubt her testimony. Eventually she said she was worried that she “might have made a mistake”, according to prosecutors. She also said she did not want to die with “the possibility that she had made a mistake”, the newspaper quoted legal documents as saying. In April, she finally testified under oath to believe she had “made a mistake” in her identification of James and that it did not involve any outside influence.
More than half his life in jail
According to the prosecutor’s office, investigations showed that “Thomas Raynard James is actually innocent”. The prosecutors therefore asked for the conviction to be overturned. The judge agreed and released him after he had spent more than half his life in prison.
Miami prosecutor Katherine Fernandez Rundle called it an “unfortunate case of mistaken identity”. She also pointed out the vulnerabilities of eyewitness identification.
James now wants to start a non-profit organisation to help others who have been wrongly convicted. The real culprit has never been found. James’ namesake who allegedly prepared the murder was in prison at the time it was committed. Another possible suspect has since died.
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55-jarige Amerikaan zat 31 jaar onschuldig in de cel: onterecht veroordeeld tot levenslang na persoonsverwisseling
In de Verenigde Staten is een man vrijgelaten die 31 jaar geleden onterecht tot levenslang is veroordeeld. De 55-jarige Thomas Raynard James werd in 1991 op basis van één ooggetuige schuldig bevonden aan moord na een overval. Nu erkent die getuige “een fout te hebben gemaakt”.
Belga
do 28 apr 09:03
Een Amerikaan die 31 jaar geleden werd veroordeeld tot een levenslange gevangenisstraf, is gisteren vrijgelaten. Dat schrijft The New York Times. Thomas Raynard James (nu 55, toen 23) kwam in 1991 tijdens een politieonderzoek naar een moord in een appartement in 1990 in beeld na een tip over een zekere Thomas James of Tommy James. Deze naamgenoot zou de overval gepland hebben. Een foto van de onschuldige Amerikaan werd door een ooggetuige “herkend”, waarop James werd veroordeeld tot een levenslange gevangenisstraf.
Naast de getuigenis was er geen enkel fysiek bewijs dat Thomas Raynard James, of iemand anders, aan de moord linkte. “Ik ben er zeker van, ik zal zijn gezicht en zijn ogen nooit vergeten”, zei Dorothy Walton destijds, de cruciale getuige en stiefdochter van het dodelijke slachtoffer. Zij was tijdens de moord in het appartement aanwezig. James heeft zijn schuld zelf altijd ontkend en beweert dat hij het bewuste appartement nooit heeft bezocht.
James en zijn familieleden probeerden decennialang hem vrij te krijgen, maar alle pogingen daartoe liepen op niets uit. Later begon Walton te twijfelen aan haar getuigenis. Uiteindelijk zei ze bezorgd te zijn dat ze “misschien een fout had gemaakt”, aldus aanklagers. Ook zei ze niet te willen sterven met “de mogelijkheid dat ze een fout had gemaakt”, citeert de krant uit juridische documenten. In april getuigde ze uiteindelijk onder ede te denken dat ze “een fout had gemaakt” in haar identificatie van James en dat daarmee geen beïnvloeding van buitenaf was gemoeid.
Meer dan de helft van zijn leven in de cel
Volgens het kantoor van de openbare aanklager bleek uit onderzoek dat “Thomas Raynard James feitelijk onschuldig” is. De aanklagers vroegen dan ook om de veroordeling nietig te verklaren. De rechter ging daarop in en liet hem vrij, nadat hij meer dan de helft van zijn leven in de gevangenis had doorgebracht.
De openbare aanklager in Miami, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, noemde het een “onfortuinlijk geval van identiteitsverwisseling”. Ze wees ook op de kwetsbaarheden van identificatie door ooggetuigen.
James wil nu een non-profitorganisatie opstarten om anderen te helpen die onterecht zijn veroordeeld. De echte dader is nooit gevonden. De naamgenoot van James die de moord zou hebben voorbereid, zat vast op het moment dat deze gepleegd werd. Een andere mogelijke verdachte is inmiddels overleden.
6 Thomas Raynard James Walks Out Of Prison, Exonerated After Spending 30 Years Behind Bars
7 Judge exonerates Miami-Dade man after 32 years of wrongful imprisonment
27 apr. 2022
This man ought to be drove around picking out any home he wants. Any vehicle. $1.5 million dollars is fair. He deserves that much. Plus pyschological evaluations and help paid. Plus another 1 million dollar for pain and suffering. He can never get back those lost yrs. He might even go back to prison because he can’t adjust. Everything needs to be done to help him.. Alot of vultures are coming after his 
money.
money.
So where is the evidence that he did not do it ????? 
Did the other guy confess or is he not alive now? 
Did the other guy confess or is he not alive now? 
that’s only 1.6 million! They should be happy to give him that 
I was thinking he deserve at least 5,10 M’s
$60M minimum
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Man released after 31 years in US, eyewitness retracts statement
In the US state of Florida, a man serving a life sentence for murder has been released after 31 years. The eyewitness to the murder, the victim’s stepdaughter, retracted her statement after decades, after which the judge overturned the conviction. The judge spoke of “coincidences” and a “change of identity”.
Thomas Raynard James, now 55, was found guilty of shooting Francis McKinnon in 1991 during a robbery. He came to light thanks to anonymous tip-offs, who said the perpetrator’s name was Thomas James or Tommy James.
The eyewitness, Dorothy Walton, was then presented with a photograph of James. She thought she recognised him. “I am sure of it, I will never forget his face and his eyes,” she said at the time.
James was convicted largely on the basis of her statement. There was no further evidence. Fingerprints found at the scene of the crime did not belong to James.
Don’t take it to the grave’.
Walton, now 79, says she “doesn’t want to take the mistake to her grave” and therefore cooperated with the process to free the man. James and his mother have pleaded his innocence for years.
The judge called James’ release “joyous” for him and his family, but also noted that the process has been frustrating for the victim’s family. “They believed they had received justice for their loved one, but that has been taken away from them,” he said.
The real perpetrator of the murder was never found. A namesake of James, who was also a suspect, was in custody at the time of the murder. Another possible perpetrator has since died.
James told reporters after his release, in the presence of his mother and family, that he now “wants to enjoy his life”, writes The New York Times.
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Man na 31 jaar vrijgelaten in VS, ooggetuige trekt verklaring in
In de Amerikaanse staat Florida is een man die een levenslange gevangenisstraf uitzat vanwege moord na 31 jaar vrijgelaten. De ooggetuige van de moord, de stiefdochter van het slachtoffer, kwam na decennia terug van haar verklaring, waarna de rechter de veroordeling ongedaan maakte. De rechter spreekt van “toevalligheden” en een “persoonsverwisseling”.
De nu 55-jarige Thomas Raynard James werd in 1991 schuldig bevonden aan het doodschieten van Francis McKinnon bij een overval. Hij kwam in beeld dankzij anonieme tipgevers, die zeiden dat de dader Thomas James of Tommy James heette.
De ooggetuige, Dorothy Walton, werd vervolgens een foto van James gepresenteerd. Ze dacht hem te herkennen. “Ik ben er zeker van, ik zal zijn gezicht en zijn ogen nooit vergeten”, zei ze destijds.
James werd grotendeels op basis van haar verklaring veroordeeld. Er was verder geen bewijs. Vingerafdrukken die op de plek van het misdrijf werden gevonden, waren niet van James.
‘Fout niet meenemen in graf’
De inmiddels 79-jarige Walton zegt nu dat ze “de fout niet wil meenemen in haar graf” en werkte daarom mee aan het proces om de man vrij te krijgen. James en zijn moeder hebben jarenlang gepleit voor zijn onschuld.
De rechter noemde de vrijlating van James “vreugdevol” voor hem en zijn familie, maar constateerde ook dat het proces frustrerend is voor de familie van het slachtoffer. “Zij geloofden dat ze gerechtigheid voor hun dierbare hadden gekregen, maar dat is hun afgenomen.”
De echte dader van de moord is nooit gevonden. Een naamgenoot van James, die ook verdacht werd, zat vast ten tijde van de moord. Een andere mogelijke dader is inmiddels overleden.
James vertelde na zijn vrijlating, in het bijzijn van zijn moeder en familie, aan verslaggevers dat hij nu “van zijn leven wil genieten”, schrijft The New York Times.
8 Family Of Victim Speaks Out After Accused Killer Exonerated
9 Man freed after wrongfuly imprisoned for 3 decades
28 apr. 2022
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Well that’s crazy this man is so strong to endure this
shows you how stupid the police 
and the justice system are sometimes it’s just one after the other and they don’t even check the spelling
shows you how stupid the police and the justice system are sometimes it’s just one after the other and they don’t even check the spelling
God we ask you to help the transition of Thomas James to be successful. We ask that you give him the opportunity to speak at law schools, police academies and forensic schools to tell his story and that it may never be repeated again. In Jesus name Amen. 
Finally free 
Wow, it’s always someone black in these situations 
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Innocent American man released from prison after 31 years, namesake alleged to be perpetrator
An American man who was sentenced to life imprisonment 31 years ago was released on Wednesday. In 1991, 55-year-old Thomas Raynard James was found guilty of murder after a robbery on the basis of one eyewitness. After decades, this witness recanted her statement and acknowledged ‘perhaps having made a mistake’. The judge then ruled that James was innocent.
The New York Times writes that during a police investigation into a murder in a flat in 1990, the then 23-year-old man came into the picture after a tip-off about one Thomas James. This namesake was said to have planned the robbery. A photo of the innocent American was ‘recognised’ by an eyewitness, whereupon James was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Dorothy Walton, the crucial witness and stepdaughter of the fatal victim who was present in the flat during the murder, said about the testimony at the time: “I’m sure of it, I’ll never forget his face and his eyes.” However, other evidence that James committed the murder was never found. James himself always denied his guilt and claimed he never visited the flat in question.
Doubt about the testimony
For decades, James’ relatives tried to get him released, but all attempts came to nothing. Until Walton acknowledged in 2019 that she doubted her testimony. Walton, now 79, did not want to ‘take the mistake to the grave’ and therefore cooperated with a trial to free James.
On Wednesday, the judge stated that James had been detained by ‘coincidences’ and was ‘factually innocent’. After spending more than half his life in prison, the American was therefore released. He told reporters that he wanted to ‘enjoy his life’ in the presence of his mother and family.
The real culprit was never found. The namesake of James who is supposed to have prepared the murder was in prison at the time it was committed. Another possible suspect has since died.
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Onschuldige Amerikaanse man na 31 jaar uit gevangenis, naamgenoot zou dader zijn
Amerikaan die 31 jaar geleden werd veroordeeld tot een levenslange gevangenisstraf is woensdag vrijgelaten. De 55-jarige Thomas Raynard James werd in 1991 op basis van één ooggetuige schuldig bevonden aan moord na een overval. Deze getuige kwam na decennia terug op haar verklaring en erkende ‘misschien een fout te hebben gemaakt’. De rechter oordeelde daarop dat James onschuldig is.
The New York Times schrijft dat de destijds 23-jarige man tijdens een politieonderzoek naar een moord in een appartement in 1990 in beeld kwam na een tip over ene Thomas James. Deze naamgenoot zou de overval gepland hebben. Een foto van de onschuldige Amerikaan werd door een ooggetuige ‘herkend’, waarop James werd veroordeeld tot de levenslange straf.
Dorothy Walton, de cruciale getuige en stiefdochter van het dodelijke slachtoffer die tijdens de moord in het appartement aanwezig was, zei destijds over de getuigenis: ,,Ik ben er zeker van, ik zal zijn gezicht en zijn ogen nooit vergeten.” Ander bewijs dat James de moord zou hebben gepleegd werd echter nooit gevonden. Zelf ontkende James altijd schuldig te zijn en beweerde hij het bewuste appartement nooit te hebben bezocht.
Twijfel aan getuigenis
Decennialang probeerden familieleden van James hem vrij te krijgen, maar alle pogingen daartoe liepen op niets uit. Totdat Walton in 2019 erkende dat ze twijfelde aan haar getuigenis van weleer. De inmiddels 79-jarige Walton wilde ‘de fout niet meenemen in het graf’ en werkte daarom mee aan een proces om James vrij te krijgen.
Woensdag stelde de rechter dat James door ‘toevalligheden’ vast was komen te zitten en ‘feitelijk onschuldig is’. Na meer dan de helft van zijn leven in het gevang te hebben doorgebracht, kwam de Amerikaan daarom op vrije voeten. Aan verslaggevers vertelde hij in het bijzijn van zijn moeder en familie ‘van zijn leven te willen genieten’.
De echte dader is nooit gevonden. De naamgenoot van James die de moord zou hebben voorbereid zat vast op het moment dat deze gepleegd werd. Een andere mogelijke verdachte is inmiddels overleden.
10 Wrongfully convicted man enjoys first day of freedom in over 32 years
29 apr. 2022
What a bittersweet story, on the one hand, thank goodness he’s finally free, on the other hand they stole his life and he’s just one of the many and most of those many never get the justice. Sincerest best wishes to Mr James and his family, and hopes for the brightest of futures. 
11 Prosecutors find man was wrongly convicted of 1990 murder
13 Prisoner claiming innocence for 32 years may have life sentence vacated
27 apr. 2022
Been seeing a lot of stories like this lately. It makes me both happy and sad 
Why he look younger than when he first went in
GIRL U FINE AS HELL! 
14 Man claiming innocence to murder conviction could have major development in his case
16 Lamar Johnson: Standing in Truth | Full Episode
17 Two people confessed to a murder Lamar Johnson is in prison for. Politics may keep him in
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20 feb 2023
For nearly three decades, a Missouri man convicted of murder never stopped claiming his innocence. Finally, he’s been proven right.
To God Be The Glory.
He need to be compensated that dam da should be ashamed of there selves I m glad he finally free after all these years they robbed him of his entire life 
Run him his money
Bare with me hear. 
️ So if they took 30 and you want your 30 back 
How we gon do this 
️ So if they took 30 and you want your 30 back How we gon do this 
He should get $1000000 for every year that he spent in prison and the steak should pay it
I’d become a mass murderer ngl 
30 years…in prison…for something you didn’t do?
30 years…in prison…for something you didn’t do?
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19 Lamar Johnson freed after 28 years in prison, conviction thrown out
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20 Judge overturns Lamar Johnson’s 1995 murder conviction
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22 No compensation for Lamar Johnson, innocence project launches fundraiser
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After sitting behind bars for 28 years for a murder he said he did not commit, Johnson was greeted with smiles from St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and attorneys with the Midwest Innocence Project.
23 Lamar Johnson, attorneys celebrate as judge overturns murder conviction
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24 Midwest Innocence Project’s Fight to Overturn Conviction of Lamar Johnson
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In March, the Missouri Supreme Court dismissed Johnson’s appeal for a new trial.
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26 Man freed after 28 years in prison reflects on wrongful murder conviction
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27 Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly 30 years in prison for murder
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30 Prosecutor in Lamar Johnson case defends his actions
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31 Lamar Johnson fights for freedom; new petition filed
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32 Lamar Johnson murder conviction hearing begins Monday
here is a court hearing Monday morning could determine whether a murder conviction against a St. Louis man should be overturned. Lamar Johnson, 49, is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Carnahan Courthouse. The hearing could last five days.
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35 Decision in Lamar Johnson case to be announced Tuesday
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37 Exploring the Case of Lamar Johnson
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Note: This session aired during the #WrongfulConvictionDay Livestream event on Friday, October 2, 2020
38 Midwest Innocence Project’s Fight to Overturn Conviction of Lamar Johnson
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The Midwest Innocence Project started working on Johnson’s case in 2008. Bushnell breaks down evidence of prosecutorial error and says that evidence emerged since the trial proves Johnson’s innocence.
In March, the Missouri Supreme Court dismissed Johnson’s appeal for a new trial.
The courts ruled that a motion to vacate Johnson’s conviction was filed 24 years too late.
39 Lamar Johnson on fight for freedom and exoneration
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