There have been 349 exonerations made possible by the Innocence Project. Two men with similar cases were among this list of exonerations. Two different men with two different crimes were both wrongfully convicted, were not given enough investigation, and were exonerated many years after conviction.
Jimmy Ray Bromgard was a man convicted for a crime he did not commit: the rape of an 8-year-old girl in 1987. He was put in jail for 15 years before he was exonerated. There were many issues with this case, such as the little girl being unsure of who really raped her, how there wasn’t any evidence tested, and there were people involved who didn’t help this case.
First, there was hair evidence left at the crime scene that was “indistinguishable,” …show more content…
He was accused of the rape and murder of a woman in 1979 in her home, as her 4-year-old watched and her husband was away.Three different men were all accused of the crime. The other 2 men were Larry Ruffin and Philip Bivens. There were many issues with this case. First, the four year old son said there was only one man that killed his mother, not three. Ruffin did confess to the murder, but all of his points of the story seemed contradictory “Plea Bargaining”. This is the first sign of the wrong conviction because three men should not have been accused and convicted of this murder. Another reason that it was hard to believe these men did it was because at the time of the crime Dixon was known to have seizures often, and Bivens was living in California at the time “Plea Bargaining.” The fact that Bobby Ray had seizures so bad and so often, it would be hard to believe he could be strong enough to murder a woman as brutally as she …show more content…
The DNA matched a man who was already in prison for a rape he was caught for. All 3 men were exonerated after 30 years in prison, but unfortunately Ruffin had died 11 months earlier. He was still officially exonerated for his family’s sake “Bobby Ray Dixon.” The author includes these details to show that the family needed to know he was innocent. All 3 families were furious, however, because they claimed the law enforcement had been rude and saying racial slurs and threats to the families, and Bobby Ray and Biven’s families filed lawsuits against the authorities. After all of this, the families were happy the men were finally free after 30
Jimmy Ray Bromgard was a man convicted for a crime he did not commit: the rape of an 8-year-old girl in 1987. He was put in jail for 15 years before he was exonerated. There were many issues with this case, such as the little girl being unsure of who really raped her, how there wasn’t any evidence tested, and there were people involved who didn’t help this case.
First, there was hair evidence left at the crime scene that was “indistinguishable,” …show more content…
He was accused of the rape and murder of a woman in 1979 in her home, as her 4-year-old watched and her husband was away.Three different men were all accused of the crime. The other 2 men were Larry Ruffin and Philip Bivens. There were many issues with this case. First, the four year old son said there was only one man that killed his mother, not three. Ruffin did confess to the murder, but all of his points of the story seemed contradictory “Plea Bargaining”. This is the first sign of the wrong conviction because three men should not have been accused and convicted of this murder. Another reason that it was hard to believe these men did it was because at the time of the crime Dixon was known to have seizures often, and Bivens was living in California at the time “Plea Bargaining.” The fact that Bobby Ray had seizures so bad and so often, it would be hard to believe he could be strong enough to murder a woman as brutally as she …show more content…
The DNA matched a man who was already in prison for a rape he was caught for. All 3 men were exonerated after 30 years in prison, but unfortunately Ruffin had died 11 months earlier. He was still officially exonerated for his family’s sake “Bobby Ray Dixon.” The author includes these details to show that the family needed to know he was innocent. All 3 families were furious, however, because they claimed the law enforcement had been rude and saying racial slurs and threats to the families, and Bobby Ray and Biven’s families filed lawsuits against the authorities. After all of this, the families were happy the men were finally free after 30