Ballistics Testing Proves Alabama Man On Death Row Is Innocent

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Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, said they never questioned Anthony Hinton’s innocence. Photo: AL.com

A man who has spent nearly 30 years on death row in an Alabama prison for two murders in 1985 will walk free Friday thanks, in part, to new ballistics testing, local media reported.

For three decades, Anthony Ray Hinton maintained his innocence in the shooting deaths of John Davidson and Thomas Vason. Davidson was shot twice in the head on Feb. 25, 1985 after being forced into the cooler at the restaurant where he worked. On July 2, 1985, Vason was killed in a similar incident in which he was forced into the freezer of a different restaurant and shot twice in the head. Hinton was convicted of both murders and sentenced to death for Davidson’s case. Continue reading “Ballistics Testing Proves Alabama Man On Death Row Is Innocent”

Arizona Mom Cleared And Released From Death Row In The Killing Of Her Son

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Debra Milke speaks out after being on death row for 23 years. She was charged with the murder of her son.

Debra Milke is free after spending over 20 years on death row for the murder of her son, Christopher who was 4 years old at the time.

She was accused of killing Christopher because she simply, no longer wanted the child, nor did she want the child to live with his father.

According to investigators, she wanted to cash in on a $5000 insurance policy in the child’s name. Continue reading “Arizona Mom Cleared And Released From Death Row In The Killing Of Her Son”

Possible Death Penalty For Alabama Grandmother Charged With Torturing 9 Year Old Granddaughter To Death

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Joyce Hardin Garrard was found guilty of Capital Murder in the death of 9-year-old granddaughter, Savannah Hardin.

Jurors who convicted an Alabama woman in the running death of her 9-year-old granddaughter soon must decide whether to recommend she should die for the crime or spend the rest of her life in prison.

A jury convicted 49-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard late Friday in the February 2012 death of Savannah Hardin, siding with prosecutors who depicted Garrard as a “drill sergeant from hell,” a domineering taskmaster so enraged over a lie about candy that she made the girl run until she dropped. Continue reading “Possible Death Penalty For Alabama Grandmother Charged With Torturing 9 Year Old Granddaughter To Death”