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Earl Washington, a man with an I.Q. of 69, was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder in 1984 and sentenced to death row. He was exonerated in 2000 by DNA testing and pardoned by the governor, after spending 17 years in prison.
Earl Washington Jr. (born May 3, 1960) is a former Virginia death-row inmate, who was fully exonerated of murder charges against him in 2000. He had been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in 1984 for the 1982 rape and murder of Rebecca Lyn Williams in Culpeper, Virginia. [1]
Earl Washington, Virginia's only death row exoneree, was saved from execution by DNA evidence and a team of lawyers. His case is used to argue for abolishing the death penalty in Virginia, where he was falsely convicted of a 1982 rape and murder.
On January 20, 1984, the jury found Earl Washington Jr. guilty of capital murder and rape. He was later sentenced to death. Washington appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court, which affirmed the conviction and sentence on November 20, 1984.
Washington was born in the Bronx, New York City, the daughter of Valerie, a professor and educational consultant, and Earl Washington, a real estate broker. Her father's family is of African American origin, having moved from South Carolina to Brooklyn.
A petition for a pardon for Earl Washington, Jr., a mentally retarded man convicted and sentenced to death for a rape and murder based on false confessions. DNA testing proves his innocence and exonerates him, but the judicial system offers no relief.
Jan 27, 2021 · Earl Washington Jr. arrived at the former Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond in handcuffs and leg shackles. The 25-year-old intellectually disabled farmhand from Fauquier County had his...
