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Exonerated 1992

Joe Jones

Year
1992
Where
Kansas
Source
Innocence Project
Evidence
1
What the record says

In 1985, Joe Jones was wrongly convicted of rape, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated assault in Kansas. He was later exonerated in 1992.

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