First Name | Anthony |
Last Name | Gray |
Year of Conviction | 1991 |
Year of Exoneration | 1999 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Non-Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Maryland |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
Type of Crime | Rape and Murder |
Death Sentence | No |
Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | Black |
Juvenile | No |
Mentally Ill or Intellectually Disabled | Intellectually Disabled |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Based on court file, news reports and conversations with Gray’s lawyers and former prosecutors involved in the case, Gray “had given a detailed confession.” Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Kent, 653 A.2d 909, 917 (Md. 1995). He had offered details including a description of how and where the murder took place while he stood watch. ● His statements also contained certain inconsistencies with crime scene evidence. See Todd Richissin, “Trying to Right an Injustice; Murder: A Defense Attorney and Calvert County State’s Attorney Say a Man Has Been Wrongly Imprisoned for the Past Seven Years,” Baltimore Sun, February 6, 1999, 1A. |
Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Guilty Plea – No trial. |
Quotes from prosecution arguments | Guilty Plea – No trial. |
Highest level reached | NR |