Innocence Research Project

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A young woman was raped by a black man saying he lives with a white girl and
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This explains Marvin was targeted because of his skin color and that he might be a suspect due to his color of skin.

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John Otis Lincoln".

This explains that all along it was John Otis Lincoln who was the perpetrator and not Marvin Anderson who had to spend 15 years
in prison for a crime he did not commit.

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"At 18-years-old Samuel Brownridge was identified by two witnesses as the gunman responsible for the 1994 execution-
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This is helpful because it helps us understand who was apart of the 1994 execution of Darryle Adams.

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This explains that the conviction lacked unreliable eyewitness evidence along with lack of physical evidence to prove that Samuel
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