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Ricky Jackson (born 1957) and Wiley Bridgeman (born 1954) are two friends who were wrongfully convicted of murder in Ohio, United States in 1975. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, as of 2014 Jackson spent the longest time in incarceration among those who have been released on a wrongful conviction (39 years).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The National Registry of Exonerations January 27, 2015 )〕 Wiley Bridgeman originally received a death sentence, but it was commuted to life imprisonment. Jackson's death sentence was commuted in 1977 due to a mistake in jury instructions.〔 Ronnie Bridgeman, Wiley's brother, was also convicted of assisting the other two.〔Caniglia, John ('My battle has come to an end!' Judge throws out the 1975 murder conviction of Ronnie Bridgeman ) The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Retrieved 22 March 2015〕 Wiley and Ronnie Bridgeman were initially released on parole in 2002 and 2003 after spending 26 and 27 years in jail although Wiley Bridgeman was later imprisoned again because of a parole violation.〔Sherwell, Phillip (20 March 2015) (America's longest-serving innocent prisoner receives $1m for 39 years in jail ) The Daily Telegraph, Retrieved 22 March 2015〕 Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman were ultimately released on November 21, 2014 〔 after the key witness in their jury trial recanted his testimony during a hearing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. ==Charges== Jackson and the Bridgeman brothers were arrested in 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio as the alleged perpetrators of the murder of businessman Harold Franks on May 19 of that year.〔 Authorities believed that Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman attacked Franks as he walked to the store.〔 The perpetrators reportedly beat him, threw acid in his face and one of the men shot him twice with a .38 caliber.〔 The shooter also fired a round that hit the wife of the store's owner, Anna Robinson.〔 The men stole Franks' briefcase and fled to a waiting car allegedly driven by Ronnie Bridgeman.〔 Authorities built their case against Jackson and the Bridgemans based on the testimony of then 12-year-old Eddie Vernon〔 although there was no other witnesses nor evidence to incriminate the accused.〔 Vernon said a friend gave him the men's names, and told the police he saw the slaying.〔 In 2014, in a signed affidavit recanting his testimony, Vernon said he was coerced by the police into testifying against Jackson and the Bridgeman brothers, and was not close to the murder, as the school bus he rode with other children was a block away from the crime scene, the Fairmont Cut-Rite on Fairhill Road in Cleveland, which is now Stokes Boulevard.〔 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「Ricky Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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