First Name | Bennett |
Last Name | Barbour |
Year of Conviction | 1978 |
Year of Exoneration | 2012 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Virginia |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
Type of Crime | Rape |
Death Sentence | No |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | Black |
Juvenile | No |
Type of Innocence Defense |
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Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | Three witnesses corroborated alibi |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Type of Forensic Evidence |
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Types of Flawed Forensics |
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Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Hair and serology excluded defendant. |
Identity of eyewitness |
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Lineup Procedures |
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Highest level reached | NR |