https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii en-us 2020-10-14 02:28:48 UTC 2026-02-02 18:15:14 UTC hello@padlet.com rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827247953 The crime occured on January 3,1984: a 20-year-old white woman was raped at knifepoint in a day-care center in Richmond's East End by a young black male. Four more white women were victims of rapes or attempted rapes within a one-mile radius of the first rape fitting the description of the same person. Thomas was convicted on July 12, 1984.]]> 2020-10-14 02:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827247953 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827250881 Was wrongfully convicted of multiple counts of rape. Also Sodomy, Abduction, Use of firearm, and Attempted Robbery.]]> 2020-10-14 02:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827250881 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827267145 Rape victims testified that Haynesworth was the attacker. The person they described was 5'10 and Thomas is only 5'6 1/2. ]]> 2020-10-14 02:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827267145 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827279046 Thomas Haynesworth served 27 years before being exonerated on December 6, 2011.]]> 2020-10-14 02:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827279046 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827291843 They did not use the DNA evidence in the original case because they never revisited it after he was arrested and convicted of the charges.]]> 2020-10-14 02:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827291843 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827299639 My opinion of the case is that they messed up by never revisiting the case and Haynesworth had to go to jail for something he was very wrongfully convicted of. They also denied his parole numerous times even after the semen sample that was in the rape victims body matched another person and not Haynesworth. ]]> 2020-10-14 02:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/827299639 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828268972 https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/11520282/thomas-haynesworth-settlement-netflix/#:~:text=Unlike%20the%20previous%20five%20episodes,%2450%2C000%20per%2Dyear%20federal%20standard.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2017/03/14/what-do-states-owe-people-who-are-wrongfully-convicted#:~:text=A%20judge%20vacating%20a%20conviction,was%20overturned%20by%20DNA%20evidence.]]> 2020-10-14 12:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828268972 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828269596 The crime occured in Virginia ,Thomas Haynesworth was compensated and his payment will be approximately $37,000 for each year he was in prison, but, this is well below the per-year federal standard. The cap of compensation is 20 years.]]> 2020-10-14 12:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828269596 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828278176 The Innocence Project's purpose is to exonerate the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices. 

]]> 2020-10-14 12:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828278176 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828283729 https://www.innocenceproject.org/about/
https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/thomas-haynesworth/]]> 2020-10-14 12:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828283729 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828288537 Innocence project works with Congress, State Legislatures and local leaders to pass laws and policies to make sure there are no more wrongful convictions and so the innocent can receive justice much easier.]]> 2020-10-14 12:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828288537 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828290181 https://www.innocenceproject.org/policy/#:~:text=The%20Innocence%20Project's%20policy%20department,the%20innocent%20to%20receive%20justice.&text=The%20Innocence%20Project's%20policy%20priorities%20reflect%20the%20lessons%20learned%20from%20DNA%20exonerations.]]> 2020-10-14 12:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828290181 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828318056 My opinion on, the effort to halt all executions in which DNA evidence has not been analyzed, is that they are doing the right thing by getting innocent people out of the bad situation they are in. Also, they let those people have a voice when they say they aren't guilty.]]> 2020-10-14 12:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828318056 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828345849 The Justice System compensates people who were wrongly imprisoned only if they served for more than 25 years and the conviction was overturned by the DNA evidence. The justice system should compensate everyone who was wrongly imprisoned, even if they have not served 25 years but they do need to be proven innocent. ]]> 2020-10-14 12:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828345849 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828354864 If I was wrongly convicted of a crime and then wrongly imprisoned I would feel very upset and mad because I had nothing to do with the crime and I couldn't speak up for myself.]]> 2020-10-14 12:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/828354864 rp872 https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/829691755 2020-10-14 17:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rp872/6qlnsbkwf3hp7iii/wish/829691755