# Maurice Hastings

Overturned · 1983

Maurice Hastings (born 1953) is an American former prisoner who was wrongfully convicted for the rape and murder of Roberta Wydermyer in 1983. He was released after being incarcerated for 38 years because DNA evidence linked to the murder implicated another man. Hastings requested the DNA test in the year 2000, but this was refused and was not carried out until 2021.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=72141336
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/maurice-hastings-w72141336

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=72141336


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