| First Name | Keith |
| Last Name | Brown |
| Year of Conviction | 1993 |
| Year of Exoneration | 1999 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | North Carolina |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Guilty Plea |
| Type of Crime | Rape |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
| Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Two page confession statement described entering the front door of a “big 2 story white house,” the address of the house, and two “old ladies” present. ● Describing taking a black change purse. ● But in his own statement, he did not describe a rape, rather hitting the women and running away. ● A longer set of notes prepared by police included very different and apparently more accurate details, including entering the rear of the house, assaulting a woman with a hammer and a wooden chair, and raping her and an 8 year-old girl. |
| Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Guilty Plea – No trial. |
| Quotes from prosecution arguments | Guilty Plea – No trial. |
| Interrogation Recorded | Written signed statement |
| Highest level reached | NR |