Exonerated 2019
Christopher Tapp
- Year
- 1996
- Where
- Idaho
- Source
- Innocence Project
- Evidence
- 1
What the record says
Idaho resident Christopher Tapp was wrongly convicted in 1998 for a murder he did not commit. He was later exonerated in 2019.
One-line description from the Innocence Project. Records change. The source is the authority.
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Coverage and records
What is out there.
Podcast episodes
- Christopher TappForensic Tales · 2021
- Christopher Tapp: Tragic IronyTrue Crime Exposed · 2024
- The Wrongful Conviction of Christopher Tapp-The Jolyn Thomas Show: Christopher TappThe Jolyn Thomas Show · 2018
- 208 – Christopher Tapp – Advocate for Those Falsely IncarceratedVictory Over Sin · 2022
- Idaho, 2019: The Confession That Convicted Christopher Tapp, and the Cigarette Butt That Cleared HimThe Murder Tape Khronicles | True Crime Secrets Unveiled · 2026
In the Internet Archive
- Dateline : MSNBCW : July 17, 2021 11:00pm-12:00am PDTVideo · 2021
- Dateline Extra : MSNBCW : December 25, 2018 8:00am-9:01am PSTVideo · 2018
- Dateline : MSNBCW : April 29, 2019 12:00am-1:00am PDTVideo · 2019
- Dateline : MSNOW : May 16, 2026 11:00pm-12:00am PDTVideo · 2026
- Dateline : MSNBCW : January 13, 2019 2:00am-3:01am PSTVideo · 2019
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