Perjury and False Accusation in Capital Cases

False testimony from informants, accomplices or other witnesses has repeatedly appeared in death-row exoneration cases.

Why it matters in capital cases

Connected exoneration cases

– Jermaine Marlow Wright — Delaware; convicted 1992, exonerated 2026. – Kerry Max Cook — Texas; convicted 1978, exonerated 2024. – Alfred Dewayne Brown — Texas; convicted 2005, exonerated 2015. – Debra Milke — Arizona; convicted 1990, exonerated 2015. – Glenn Ford — Louisiana; convicted 1984, exonerated 2014. – Anthony Graves — Texas; convicted 1994, exonerated 2010. – Gary Drinkard — Alabama; convicted 1995, exonerated 2001. – Ronald Keith Williamson — Oklahoma; convicted 1988, exonerated 1999. – Nathson Fields — Illinois; convicted 1986, exonerated 2009. – Curtis Kyles — Louisiana; convicted 1984, exonerated 1998.

Research standard

Source

– Death Penalty Information Center — Innocence Database.