| First Name | Donald |
| Last Name | Reynolds |
| Year of Conviction | 1988 |
| Year of Exoneration | 1997 |
| State of Conviction | Illinois |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| 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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| Type of Forensic Evidence |
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| Types of Flawed Forensics |
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| Reason why invalid | (1), (3) Masking; false probability |
| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | The victim was an A secretor and Reynolds an O secretor. “When I ran that swab I picked up both A and H activity which is indicative of a Type A individual and a Type O individual.” “Donald Reynolds is included in the group that could have deposited the semen on that swab.” The analyst agreed that more than 43% has that type. The analyst ignored masking, where the substances detected were entirely consistent with victim. See Dr. Edward Blake, Review of the Testimony of Pamela Fish, January 9, 2001. See Part II.A.1 for a description of the problem of masking and non-quantification and discussion of similar cases. |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Multiple eyewitnesses | 2 |
| Suggestive Procedures | No transcript |
| Highest level reached | Appeal |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Harmless Error Rulings |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | People v. Wardell, 595 N.E.2d 1148 (Ill. 1992) |