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Exonerated 2017

Mark Denny

Year
2017
Where
New York
Source
Innocence Project
Evidence
1
What the record says

In 2017, nearly 30 years after Mark Denny was convicted of the rape and robbery in Brooklyn, New York, he was declared factually innocent and released from prison.

One-line description from the Innocence Project. Records change. The source is the authority.

Where to start

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What evidence was the conviction built on, and what has changed since trial?

  • Write down what the conviction rested on: eyewitness, confession, forensics, informant.
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