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Exonerated 2009

Paul House

Year
2009
Where
Tennessee
Source
Innocence Project
Evidence
1
What the record says

Paul House served 22 years on Tennessee's death row for a murder he did not commit before he was exonerated in 2009.

One-line description from the Innocence Project. Records change. The source is the authority.

Where to start

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What evidence was the conviction built on, and what has changed since trial?

  • Write down what the conviction rested on: eyewitness, confession, forensics, informant.
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  • Look for other cases with the same detective, lab or prosecutor.

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