Darryl Howard

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	80 years
Years Imprisoned:	24
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Durham
City of Crime:	Durham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Darryl Howard was wrongly convicted in 1995 of the strangulation and sexual assault of 29-year-old Doris Washington and her 13-year-old daughter, Nishonda. After his conviction by a jury Howard was sentenced to 80 years in prison for the double murder. Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Howard as the source of crime scene evidence, and no physical evidence connected him to the crime. Based on the new evidence Howard filed a petition for a new trial. On August 31, 2016 a judge granted Howard's petition and granted a new trial after the Durham County District Attorney's Office announced at the start of the hearing on the 31st that it was withdrawing its opposition to the petition, and Howard was released later that day. The Durham County DA's Office filed a motion to dismiss the charges, which was granted on September 2, 2016. Howard was prosecuted by then-Durham County DA Mike Nifong, who resigned over his handling of the Duke Lacrose false rape case in which he prosecuted innocent Duke players for a rape that never happened."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 31, 2016 a judge granted Howard's petition and granted a new trial after the Durham County Districat Attorney's Office withdrew their opposition, and Howard was released later that day. The Durham County DA's Office filed a motion to dismiss the charges, which was granted on September 2, 2016."
Defendant Aided By:	Charlotte attorney Jim Cooney and the NY Innocence Project
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Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	54
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man who spent 21 YEARS in prison is freed after double murder conviction from 1995 trial prosecuted by disgraced DA disbarred for lying in Duke Lacrosse rape case is thrown out, By Khaleda Rahman For Dailymail.com and Associated Press, Daily Mail (London, UK), August 31, 2016"
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Darryl Howard

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

80 years

Years Imprisoned:

24

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Durham

City of Crime:

Durham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Charlotte attorney Jim Cooney and the NY Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

54

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Man who spent 21 YEARS in prison is freed after double murder conviction from 1995 trial prosecuted by disgraced DA disbarred for lying in Duke Lacrosse rape case is thrown out, By Khaleda Rahman For Dailymail.com and Associated Press, Daily Mail (London, UK), August 31, 2016"

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