Muaj qee qhov xwm txheej hauv Wisconsin los ntawm National Registry of Exonerations qhia tias zaj lus tim khawv txhawb siab npaum li cas tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev txiav txim tsis ncaj ncees. Txhua tus muaj cov lus tim khawv los ntawm cov neeg qhia ntawv uas tom qab tau ua pov thawj cuav.
William Avery, leej twg khiav lub tsev tawg nyob hauv ib cheeb tsam Milwaukee, raug txim ntawm kev tua neeg tsis zoo thiab raug txim rau 40 xyoo nyob rau hauv tsev lojcuj rau xyoo 1998 tua neeg quav yeeb quav tshuaj thiab niam ntiav, tom qab peb tus neeg raug kaw hauv tsev kaw neeg tau liam tias nws lees txim rau qhov ua txhaum cai. Ob tug ntawm cov neeg raug kaw tom qab ntawd rov hais dua lawv cov lus; ib tsis tau.
Hauv xyoo 2010, Avery qhov kev txiav txim siab tau thim rov qab, thaum kuaj DNA txuas nrog tus neeg raug txim tua neeg Walter Ellis rau qhov kev ua txhaum. Ellis, uas tab tom ua txoj sia nyob hauv tsev lojcuj yam tsis muaj peev xwm raug kaw rau kev tua neeg ntawm xya lwm tus niam ntiav, tsis tau raug foob nrog kev tua neeg no. Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2012, Avery tau txais txiaj ntsig ntau tshaj $ 25,000 hauv kev them nyiaj los ntawm lub Xeev Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Cai.
Beth LaBatte, ib tug neeg quav yeeb quav tshuaj thiab haus cawv, raug txim ntawm 1991 tua neeg ntawm ob tug viv ncaus laus hauv Kewaunee County, raws li ib feem ntawm cov lus tim khawv ntawm peb tus neeg raug kaw uas tau lees tias lawv hnov nws lees txim. Wisconsin Innocence Project tau hu rau kev kuaj DNA ntawm riam phom tua neeg. LaBatte raug tshem tawm los ua tus pab txhawb nqa thiab raug tso tawm thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2006. Nws tuag hauv ib lub tsheb sib tsoo hauv Waushara County thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 2007.
Joseph Frey raug txim nyob rau hauv 1994 rau 1991 rape ntawm ib tug me nyuam kawm ntawv UW-Oshkosh nyob rau hauv nws chav tsev. Thaum lub sijhawm, kev sim tsis suav Frey's DNA los ntawm cov khoom coj los ntawm qhov chaw ua txhaum cai. Tab sis Frey - uas tau raug foob nyob rau hauv ob qhov teeb meem kev sib deev - raug ntiv tes los ntawm tus neeg raug kaw hauv tsev loj cuj, uas tau lees tias Frey lees txim rau kev ua phem rau kev sib deev. Frey qhov kev txiav txim siab tau thim rov qab thiab cov nqi them poob rau lub Xya Hli tom qab kuaj DNA ntxiv tau thov los ntawm Innocence Project pom qhov sib tw nrog tus neeg ua txhaum kev sib deev tam sim no.
Evan Zimmerman: XNUMX Lab tus kiv cua tos koj rau Webtalk!, raug txim ntawm 2000 kev tua neeg ntawm nws tus qub hluas nkauj, yeej rov sim dua nrog kev pab los ntawm Innocence Project. Zimmerman raug tso tawm ntawm daim ntawv cog lus tseem tab tom rov sim dua xyoo 2004. Eau Claire County Tus Kws Lij Choj Hauv Cheeb Tsam Rich White, leej twg yuav rov ua qhov teeb meem no, npaj yuav nthuav tawm peb tus neeg raug kaw los ua pov thawj tias Zimmerman lees txim.
University of Wisconsin-Madison cov tub ntxhais kawm txoj cai lij choj koom nrog Innocence Project tau sau npe kaw hauv tsev kaw neeg hu xov tooj ntawm lwm tus neeg xov xwm tham txog nws cov phiaj xwm los teeb tsa Zimmerman.
Kev foob tawm tsam Zimmerman tau poob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm nws 2005 rov sim dua. Nws tuag ntawm mob qog noj ntshav hauv xyoo 2007.
Innocence Project tus kws lij choj Byron Lichstein hais tias Zimmerman cov ntaub ntawv qhia txog peb yam tseem ceeb ntawm cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj txhaum cai: Cov ntaub ntawv muaj peev xwm ua tiav ib zaj dab neeg uas tuaj yeem pab lawv tau txais sijhawm los ntawm lawv cov kab lus; Cov neeg foob tej zaum yuav tsis paub tias lawv dag; thiab cov kws lij choj kws lij choj uas muaj peev txheej txaus tuaj yeem lees paub cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj hauv tsev kaw neeg.
Cov nonprofit Wisconsin Center rau Kev Tshawb Xyuas Xov Xwm (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Zej Tsoom, Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Rau Pej Xeem, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.
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Yog xav paub ntxiv txog kev tshaj tawm cov cai, thov hu rau Andy Hall, tus thawj coj ua haujlwm, ntawm ahall@wisconsinwatch.org