Wrongfully Convicted: The Thomas Haynesworth Story
Published 2017-10-12
The event was sponsored by the Richmond American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the University of Richmond School of Law.
The event focused on the "engaging and extraordinary story of Thomas Haynesworth, a Richmond man who was wrongfully convicted for rapes that he did not commit. Mr. Haynesworth was arrested in 1984 at the age of 18 and spent 27 years in prison. After DNA cleared him of two of the crimes, he was released in 2011 on parole and hired to work in Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli's office. On December 6, 2011, the Court of Appeals of Virginia granted Mr. Haynesworth's two Writs of Actual Innocence Based on Non-Biological Evidence, fully exonerating him for his two remaining crimes. This was only the second time that the Court of Appeals has granted writs based on non-biological evidence."
Panelists included
Mr. Thomas Haynesworth, Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli, and Professor Mary Kelly Tate (Director of the Institute for Actual Innocence at Richmond Law).
The panel was moderated by Charisse Hines, Richmond ACS President.
Originally posted 2/2012; transferred to Richmond Law 8/2017 with 2,920 views