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James Joseph Richardson (December 26, 1935 – September 16, 2023) [1] [2] was an African-American man who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in 1968 for the October 1967 mass murder of his seven children.
Nov 4, 2020 · There’s no denying that the murder of a child is every parents' worst nightmare, but what if you’re then wrongly accused of that child’s murder? Well that very nightmare befell James Joseph Richardson, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of seven of his children.
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On May 31, 1968, after less than two hours of deliberation, Richardson was convicted and sentenced to death in Florida’s electric chair. Four years later, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty as it was being applied as unconstitutional.
James Richardson, a black male, was capitally tried and convicted of the first-degree murders of Landon Blackley and Andrew Kirby, both white males, at the 2011 session of the Superior Court of Pitt County.
Apr 7, 2016 · In 1968, former Arcadia resident James Joseph Richardson was found guilty of murdering his seven children. He spent the next 21 years of his life in prison including several years on death row.
Apr 11, 2014 · A poor, black citrus picker, Richardson was accused of poisoning to death his seven children in rural DeSoto County. Its county seat of Arcadia is just 47 miles south of Polk's county seat in...
Nov 13, 2009 · James Richardson walks out of a Florida prison 21 years after being wrongfully convicted of killing his seven children. Special prosecutor Janet Reno agreed to the release after evidence...
