First Name | Jerry Lee |
Last Name | Jenkins |
Year of Conviction | 1987 |
Year of Exoneration | 2013 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Maryland |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
Type of Crime | Rape |
Death Sentence | No |
Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | White |
Juvenile | No |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Type of Forensic Evidence |
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Identity of eyewitness |
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Lineup Procedures |
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Unreliable Identification? | Yes ● Initial non-identification, said defendant "looked like" culprit |
Highest level reached | NR |