| First Name | Phillip |
| Last Name | Bivens |
| Year of Conviction | 1980 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2010 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Mississippi |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Guilty Plea |
| Type of Crime | Rape and Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
| 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 | ● Went with Ruffin and Dixon to lady’s house to get money; they forced way in through front door ● Says victim was raped ● “I seen Bobby Ray, I mean Larry cut her throat” using a long knife or butcher knife |
| Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Guilty Plea – No trial. |
| Quotes from prosecution arguments | Guilty Plea – No trial. |
| Interrogation Recorded | Video recording of part of interrogation |
| Highest level reached | NR |