The Randolph Arledge Case
Innocence Project
- Began in 1992 to release prisoners who were wrongfully convicted
- In the U.S, over 300 people have been exonerated
The Case
- In 1981, Carolyn Armstrong's body was found off the highway
- over 40 stab wounds
- car was found a few miles away, keys in ignition and a hair net
Randolph Arledge
- Was in Texas visiting family at the time of the murder
- Him, Beenie Lamas, and Paula Lucas were charged for armed robbery in Tennesse
- Beenie Lamas went to the cops
By: Dahlia Rafael-Tirado
Prosecution
- Beenie Lamas claimed Arledge admitted to the murder
- A hunting knife on Arledge, that was claimed to match the cuts on her body
Bad Science
- hair from the hairnet was put away and preserved for years
- Did not have the right technology to test DNA
- Testimony's need to be more looked into because of false testimony
- Innocence Project will continue grow in exonerating wrongfully convicted people
- Cross-examined hair
- David Sims
Exoneration