Lawrence McKinney
- Year
- 2017
- Where
- Tennessee
- Source
- Innocence Project
- Evidence
- 1
In 1978, Lawrence McKinney was wrongly convicted of a rape he did not commit in Tennessee. He was later exonerated in 2009.
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