Arthur Tyes - Research and studies have shown that there are racial disparities in sentencing in the United States, with sentences compared to white men for similar crimes. Arthur Tyes has been in prison for 31 years now for Premeditated Murder when the sentence should have been a manslaughter/self-defense case, District Attorney argued that a 38-caliber bullet traveled 850 through an apartment building and across a baseball diamond and struck and killed a man, gun specialist stated it was impossible. Arthur went up for parole board in February just for the board to send Arthur back to his cell with no hope. Arthur has completed more than enough classes and done gotten several degrees in college and also done mentored children for the many years he has been in prison. there is more to Arthur than just doing time for a system that does not realize that Arthur has served more than enough time for the system. It's time to free Arthur Tyes. 06/04/2024
In February 2008, NCIP received a letter from Obie Anthony. Convicted of murder and robbery in 1995, he maintained his innocence and requested NCIP’s help. It was not the first time he had asked for a review of his conviction. But it was the first time someone took him seriously. When Anthony walked out of prison a free man, on October 4, 2011, he had spent 17 years wrongfully incarcerated.
Wrongly Convicted
How Racial Bias Contributes to wrongful Convictions
Of Virginia's 16 DNA exonerations, 13 involved eyewitness misidentification. In a famous case, eyewitness misidentification led to the wrongful conviction of Ronald Cotton in North Carolina, who was No. 5 in the photo above.
On Nov. 3, 1994, Lamar Johnson (in white pants) was placed in a line up, where he was eventually identified as the murderer. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner alleges that the eyewitness who identified Johnson received payment from a former assistant circuit attorney.