Randolph Arledge was convicted of murder and rape of a 21-year old woman in Navarro, Texas in august, 1981. At the time of the crime, Arledge was 6 minutes away from Navarro, in Corsican. The following day he left to return home to Houston. In Houston him and two friends went on a road trip in a stolen vehicle. All three were apprehended in connection with an armed robbery charge. Both of his friends testified against him in the murder charge, this lowered their sentences for robbery. Their was no physical evidence linking Randolph to the crime and he had alibis for him. Despite this, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison in 1984. in 2011 the innocence project tested DNA found on the murder woman's hairnet. This DNA evidence, along with some other types of evidence, linked the crime to felon David Sims. He was exonerated from prison after 29 years of being incarcerated. 15 of these years were just, due to his additional crime of armed robbery. He was compensated by the state for these accidental years in …show more content…
It began at the Cardozo school of law. It was created because a small group of people believed that the justice system had overlooked or not had had access to crucial evidence, or ways to test evidence when prisoners were sentenced. The innocence project has 4 main goals: Exonerate, improve, reform, and support. The first of these is easily understandable. Exonerate is simply their most popular work, of setting free those who have been wrongfully convicted. The second is improve. The Innocence Project has several lawyers and experts in other areas who specifically try to inform police, lawyers, and judges of faulty evidence methods used today. The third is reform. They frequently attempt to pass laws through associates that will help prevent wrongful convictions in the future. The final is support. This is their attempt to support those who have been