Steven Barnes
- Year
- 2009
- Where
- New York
- Source
- Innocence Project
- Evidence
- 1
Steven Barnes was wrongfully convicted in upstate New York based on questionable eyewitness identifications and unvalidated forensic science.
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Podcast episodes
- The wrongly convicted Steven BarnesSteven Barnes · 2021
- Steven Barnes: Author of THE CESTUS DECEPTION and MACE WINDU: THE GLASS ABYSSTalking Bay 94: Star Wars Interviews · 2024
- Steven BarnesThe Sticks and Blades Podcast · 2021
- BFRH 2020 03 27: Larry Niven and Steven Barnes on Starborn and Godsons by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 6.The Baen Free Radio Hour · 2020
- #059 Jason Flom with Steven BarnesWrongful Conviction · 2018
In the Internet Archive
- The Legacy of HeorotText · 1987
- Book TV : CSPAN2 : October 23, 2011 11:20am-12:00pm EDTVideo · 2011
- FiredanceText · 1995
- Dark matter : a century of speculative fiction from the African diasporaText · 2000
- The 1980 Annual World's Best SF by Donald A. Wollheim, Editor and Arthur W. Saha; Cover Art by Gary ViskupicText · 1980
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