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Earl Washington Jr. (born May 3, 1960) is a wrongfully-convicted former Virginia death-row inmate, who was falsely imprisoned for rape and murder of Rebecca Lyn Williams.〔Murnaghan, Ian, (28 december 2012) (Famous Trials and DNA Testing; Earl Washington Jr. ) Explore DNA, Retrieved 13 November 2014〕 Washington, with an IQ estimated at 69, confessed to the crime, but apparently only after being coerced by investigators.〔 (June 2012) (Earl Washington ) University of Michigan Law School, The National Registry of Exonorations, Retrieved 14 November 2014〕 After a fellow inmate Joseph Giarratano took on his case, citing Washington's mental disability,〔 DNA evidence in 1994 showed that Washington could not have made the seminal stain and raised doubt that he was responsible for the crimes for which he was sentenced.〔 Nine days before his scheduled execution, Virginia's Governor Jim Gilmore commuted his sentence to life in prison.〔 In 2000, after more accurate DNA testing strengthened the case for his innocence, he received a full pardon from Governor Gilmore.〔 Washington was represented by attorneys Robert T. Hall, Eric M. Freedman, Gerald Zerkin and Barry A. Weinstein.〔; a review of this book can also be found on the interent by 〕 In 2006, Washington was awarded $2.25 million from the estate of Agent Wilmore who had forced the false confession from Washington. In 2007, the actual murderer Kenneth Tinsley pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. Washington's case is frequently cited by opponents of the death penalty as an example of a wrongful death sentence.〔Northup, Steven A. (20 July 2014) (Death penalty is unfair and must be repealed ) VADP, Retrieved 19 November 2014〕 ==See also== * List of wrongful convictions in the United States * Legal ethics * Exculpatory evidence * Innocence Project * List of miscarriage of justice cases * Race in the United States criminal justice system * Capital punishment in the United States * Innocent prisoner's dilemma * Miscarriage of justice * False confession * Overturned convictions in the United States 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Earl Washington, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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