Eric Kelley
- Year
- 1996
- Where
- New Jersey
- Source
- Innocence Project
- Evidence
- 1
In 2018, Eric Kelley was exonerated of a 1993 murder and robbery in New Jersey after DNA tests identified the actual perpetrator.
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Podcast episodes
- The ideas are in. Here's what happens next. | Eric Kelley and Danny WeagleyThe FinTech @ Rocky Top Podcast · 2026
- Episode 1 of Fetal Abduction, hosted by Erica KelleySouthern Fried True Crime · 2020
- Introducing: Fetal Abduction: A True Crime Podcast, hosted by Erica KelleySouthern Fried True Crime · 2020
In the Internet Archive
- 95.9 WATD Candidates Forum // April 16, 2024Video · 2024
- ERIC ED123975: 289 Institutions, With 482 Campuses, That Have Collective Bargaining Agents. Special Report No. 12 Update.Text · 1976
- The Forum: Wednesday September 29, 2021Video · 2021
- Meet the Candidates // Eric KelleyVideo · 2022
- MCN // Recall Eric Kelley Movement SpotlightVideo · 2026
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