Man who spent 45 years behind bars in wife's murder was wrongfully imprisoned

[left-of-center2012]

Isaiah Andrews, 84, who was exonerated of his wife's murder last fall after spending 46 years in prison and filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Cleveland in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio last month, was declared wrongfully imprisoned Thursday.
... the Ohio Innocence Project attorneys discovered that Cleveland police hid evidence during the original trial.

Andrews, 84, was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife in 1974 and spent 46 years in prison for the crime he did not commit. The Ohio Innocence Project uncovered evidence that had been hidden from Andrews' original defense team during the 1975 trial, and in 2019 the conviction was overturned.

The Attorney General's Office also spoke at the declaration Thursday calling the case "unfortunate" and wishing Andrews some sense of relief with him officially announced as wrongfully imprisoned.

After declaring Andrews wrongfully imprisoned, Judge Ashley Kilbane wished him the best as he moves to the next stage of the process, which will be obtaining compensation from the state.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/watch-live-man-who-spent-46-years-in-prison-for-murder-set-to-be-declared-wrongfully-imprisoned

https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2022/03/man-who-spent-45-years-behind-bars-in-wifes-murder-was-wrongfully-imprisoned-judge.html

[ck4829]

1. Horrifying.

[left-of-center2012]

2. The Attorney General's Office : "It was unfortunate"

[jimfields33]

7. I read that. It was unfortunate.

Keep in mind none of the players in this mess were in office at the time of arrest 45 years ago. Heck some may not even have been born.

[malaise]

3. I did not need his photo

to know that he was an African-American

[SunSeeker]

5. +1

[Mr. Ected]

4. No amount of money can reverse time

This is painfully appalling and leaves no room for justice.

Sometimes I wish we had the apparatus to go back to the drawing board and reform our Constitution to bring it to 21st century norms.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. FTP, and fuck the carceral state.