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Memory has always been really the cornerstone of the criminal justice system. The Innocence Files s1e6: The Witness III: Making Memory, legal lady
Between 1982 and 1983 Richmond would see a spike in violent crime; between 1983 and 1984 the murder rate in Richmond rises by 22%. ibid. historian
I parked in the back parking lot behind the church, entered in a door that went down a long hallway, turned on the lights … I heard a sound … I saw a black male walking down the hallway with a knife in his hand … He began to take my clothes off and he attacked me … ibid. rape victim
There is a pattern of five separate crimes. ibid. legal lady
Five women identified Thomas [Haynesworth] as the attacker. ibid.
I was more convinced that ever that he was an innocent man. ibid. brief
He was convicted of three rapes and he was sentenced to a total of 74 years. ibid.
What are the odds of five women being wrong? ibid. Thomas
After Thomas was arrested there was another series of rapes. ibid. Man
Leon Davis was convicted of rape, robbery and malicious wounding. He was sentenced to four life terms plus 100 years in prison. ibid. captions