# Betty Tyson

Overturned · 1948

Betty Tyson (née Dove) (June 29, 1948 – August 17, 2023) was a black woman known for her wrongful conviction in the murder of 52-year-old businessman Timothy Haworth in 1973 in Rochester, New York. Tyson, who was 24 at the time of her arrest, spent 25 years in prison, becoming New York State's longest-serving female inmate until her release on May 28, 1998. Her case prompted allegations of police misconduct, coerced…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=74652987
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/betty-tyson-w74652987

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