# Joseph Sledge

Overturned · 1976

Joseph Sledge Jr. (1942 – December, 1, 2020) was an American man who was wrongly convicted of the 1976 murders of 74-year-old Josephine Davis and 57-year-old Aileen Davis, for which he was imprisoned for over 36 years before being exonerated by new DNA evidence. His case represents the longest duration of incarceration for a case that has been overturned by DNA evidence, and he was the longest-serving inmate to have…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=45451412
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/joseph-sledge-w45451412

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