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Kennedy Brewer
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Innocence project
The Innocence project worked non-stop on this case until 2/15/08 when Brewer was finally exonerated
Sources
https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/kennedy-brewer/
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ms-supreme-court/1166717.html
https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/statement-of-senator-patrick-leahy-justice-for-all-convicting-the-guilty-and-exonerating-the-innocent
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3047
Key People
Kennedy Brewer
Kennedy's brother was a key witness in the crime and so was Gloria Jackson (Christines mom). Steven Hayne was also a key person because he was the one who testified to finding bite marks on the childs arm
State: Mississippi
Charge: Capital Murder, Sexual Battery
Conviction: Capital Murder, Sexual Battery
Sentence: Death
Incident Date: 05/03/92
Conviction Date: 03/24/95
Exoneration Date: 02/15/08
Served: 13 years
The Victim/Crime
Kennedy brewer was convicted of rape and murder of Chriitne Jackson (Gloria Jacksons daughter)
The Trial
The trial began in March 1995 three years after Brewer was arrested. The prosecution theorized that Brewer had raped and murdered Christine in her home and then carried her body to the creek. A semen sample was recovered from the victim’s body but was deemed insufficient for DNA testing