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Thomas Haynesworth (born March 21, 1965) is a resident of Richmond, Virginia, who served 27 years in state prison as a result of four wrongful convictions for crimes for which he was exonerated in 2011.
Apr 23, 2020 · Thomas Haynesworth is in episode six of Netflix's docuseries, 'The Innocence Files.' Here's the true story behind his wrongful conviction, and where he is now.
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Apr 20, 2020 · One of those former inmates is Thomas Haynesworth from Richmond, Va. At 18 years old, he was charged with rape, sodomy, abduction, use of a firearm, and attempted robbery after multiple sexual assault victims identified the black teen as their attacker.
- Allison Cacich
Thomas Haynesworth was wrongfully convicted of multiple counts of rape in the winter of 1984. In 2011, Haynesworth was exonerated with a Writ of Actual Innocence Based on Non-Biological Evidence. The real perpetrator was identified through a DNA hit to evidence from two of the crimes.
Apr 18, 2020 · In 1984, Richmond teenager Thomas Haynesworth went on a grocery run to buy sweet potatoes and bread for his mother. While walking, he was spotted by a woman who’d recently been the victim of an...
Apr 24, 2020 · In 1984, Haynesworth - then 18 years old - was identified by a rape victim, Janet Burke, as her attacker. The Innocence Files on Netflix deconstructs the timeline of events, and shows how the unreliability of human memories affected the case.
Thomas Haynesworth was an 18-year-old with no criminal record when he was mistakenly identified as a man who had attacked five women in Richmond, Virginia in 1984. All five victims identified him as their attacker, and he was sentenced to 74 years in prison.
