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Years
Imprisoned:
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3 |
Charge: |
Second Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
17 years |
Year Convicted: |
1985 |
Year
Cleared:
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1988 |
Location
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Florida |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
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"Wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in the May 1985 rape and murder in Florida based on an FBI crime lab technician's testimony that there was "almost non-existent” probability that a pubic hair found on the victim did not originate from Rodney Horstman. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison. In 1988 the Florida Court of Appeal overturned his conviction based on insufficiency of the evidence, because a conviction cannot be based on expert hair analysis testimony, since "it is not 100% reliable."" |
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"FBI crime lab technician's testimony that there was "almost non-existent” probability that a pubic hair found on the victim did not originate from Rodney Horstman." |
Innocence
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In 1988 the Florida Court of Appeal overturned his conviction based on insufficient evidence of Rodney Horstman's guilt.
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Horstman v. Florida, 530 So.2d 368 (Fla.App.2 Dist 1988) |
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