Malcolm Alexander

In 1980 Malcolm Alexander was arrested and convicted for a rape he did not commit.

year of conviction

overview of the crime

In November 1979, a white woman was raped at gunpoint in the bathroom of an antique store in Gretna, La. Four months later, police arrested then-20-year-old Malcolm after a white woman with whom he'd had consensual sex asked him for money and then accused him of sexual assault.

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_9a785211-3ca4-55c7-ba8f-b21ab1031f41.html

what state did the crime occur in

what evidence was presented at trial

The victim's identification was ultimately the only evidence against Malcolm presented at trial. Though a rape kit was collected from the victim, basic ABO blood typing which could have shown that Malcolm was not the assailant was not done (DNA testing was not performed because it was not available at the time).

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5274

Malcolm Alexander was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn't commit and spent decades trying to get back to his family and sweetheart

what sentence was received

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/malcolm-alexander/

After 38 years in prison in Louisiana, Malcolm Alexander was exonerated, thanks to the evidence found by the attorneys working on his case. A sample of his pubic hair did not match the pubic hair left by the perpetrator at the crime scene

how was the conviction overturned

what the real perpetrator located

When he emerged, he reported that B.N. now said she was more than 98 percent sure that Alexander was her attacker. Alexander was arrested and charged with aggravated rape. He went to trial on November 5, 1980. they never know the real person who did it.

Malcolm was finally exonerated and freed after spending nearly 38 years in prison.

how long was the wrongfully convicted in prison

https://innocenceproject.org/malcolm-alexander-wrongful-conviction-angola/#:~:text=Malcolm%20was%20finally%20exonerated%20and,nearly%2038%20years%20in%20prison.

did they receive restitution pay? How much

Malcolm Alexander could receive only $250,000, plus funding for job training and education, for his 38 years of wrongful imprisonment," she said.

Most notably, the evidence from the case had been destroyed by the New Orleans Police Department. However, after a continuous push from the Innocence Project, the pubic hairs from the scene were recovered.

what current reforms or preotocols does the state your person was convicted in have in place to prevent wrongful convictions

Between 1989 and April 2021, Louisiana exonerated 64 people, making up a total of 978.6 years of people's lives lost to wrongful imprisonment. The population of Louisiana is 32 percent Black, yet 53 of the 64 exonerees — about 82 percent — are Black.

https://crescenttocapitol.org/2021/05/24/wrongful-convictions-innocence-project-new-orleans/

how many people in the state hvae been exonerated due to wrongful convicted in state in whtich your case takes place

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