1. SELECT a case (by name). IDENTIFY the name, the state, charge(s), sentence, incident date, exoneration date, and time served. 2. SUMMARIZE how the person was wrongfully convicted. What were the contributing causes to the wrongful conviction? 3. How was the person exonerated i.e. what did the Innocence Project do to convince the state that the person was innocent?

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All Cases Filter Joseph Abbitt Habib Wahir Abdal Time served: 14 years Time served: 16 years Christopher Abernathy Kenneth Adams Time served: 28 years Time served: 18 years Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin Gilbert Alejandro Time served: 4 years All Cases Filter Joseph Abbitt Habib Wahir Abdal Time served: 14 years Time served: 16 years Christopher Abernathy Kenneth Adams Time served: 28 years Time served: 18 years Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin Gilbert Alejandro Time served: 4 years

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Christopher Abernathy was sent to prison for 29 years for the rape and murder of a 15 year old girl Abernathy claimed that the police pressured him into confessing during a 40 hour interrogation In th... View the full answer