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- In 1989, Steven Barnes was convicted in upstate New York of a murder he didn't commit based on questionable eyewitness identifications and three types of unvalidated forensic science.
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In 1989, Steven Barnes was convicted in upstate New York of a murder he didn’t commit based on questionable eyewitness identifications and three types of unvalidated forensic science. Nearly two decades later, on November 25, 2008, DNA testing obtained by the Innocence Project proved his innocence and he walked out of the Utica courthouse a ...
- Improper Forensics and Two Decades in Prison - Innocence Project
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- Nearly 20 Years After Rape and Murder Conviction, Steven ...
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- Improper Forensics and Two Decades in Prison - Innocence Project
In 1989, Steven Barnes was convicted in upstate New York of a murder he didn't commit based on questionable eyewitness identifications and three types of unvalidated forensic science. Nearly two decades later, DNA testing obtained by the Innocence Project proved his innocence and he walked out of the Utica courthouse a free man on November 25 ...
Jan 9, 2009 · At a hearing this morning in Utica, New York, Barnes was officially exonerated when the county apologized for his wrongful conviction and the court lifted the original indictment. Barnes is the 227th person to be exonerated by DNA evidence and is the 24th in New York.
Judicially Exonerated Released. Summary of Case: "Steven Barnes was wrongly convicted in 1989 of rape, sodomy and depraved indifference murder related to the 1985 death of a 16-year-old girl. Barnes' conviction was based on a circumstantial case. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
Jan 10, 2009 · Steven Barnes didn’t want to cry Friday morning, but he couldn’t help it. Barnes, 42, of Marcy, was officially exonerated in Oneida County Court of all the murder, rape and sodomy charges he ...
