Search results
Harward was wrongly convicted of a 1982 rape and murder in Virginia based on flawed bite mark evidence. New DNA testing proved his innocence and implicated another sailor, Jerry Crotty, who was deceased by the time of Harward's release.
May 2, 2020 · Keith Harward was a 26-year-old sailor stationed in Newport News, Virginia, when he was accused and wrongfully convicted of raping a woman and murdering her husband in 1982. The woman told police officers that her attacker had worn a sailor’s uniform, but other than that, Harward didn’t match her description.
Aug 6, 2020 · In March 1983, 26-year-old Keith Harward, a Naval enlistee who formerly had been stationed on the Carl Vinson, was discharged from the Navy. At about the same time, his girlfriend accused him of assaulting her, including biting her during a fight.
Apr 8, 2016 · Keith Allen Harward, 60, was found guilty for both the 1982 murder of a Newport News, Virginia, man and the rape of his wife. Key to his conviction was testimony by two experts who implicated Harward due to similarities between his teeth and bite marks that were found on the woman's legs.
- 1 min
- ABC News
In 1983 and 1986, Keith Allen Harward was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life in prison for a brutal 1982 crime in Newport News, Virginia: the first-degree murder of a shipyard worker and the rape of the murder victim’s wife.
Keith Allen Harward was sentenced to death for the brutal attack of a Newport News woman in 1982. The case relied on bite mark evidence that was later discredited by DNA testing and expert reviews.
Apr 7, 2016 · On Thursday, April 7, the Keith Harward_writ of innocence to Keith Allen Harward, who served more than 33 years of a life sentence in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit.
