Richard Gagnon

First Name	Richard
Last Name	Gagnon
Year of Conviction	2008
Year of Exoneration	2015
Testing inculpated culprit	Cold Hit
State of Conviction	South Carolina
Type of Crime	Murder
Death Sentence	No
Life / LWOP sentence	Life without parole
Gender of Exoneree	Male
Race of exoneree	White
Juvenile	No
Types of evidence at trial	DNA excluded Forensic Evidence Informant
Type of Forensic Evidence	DNA Serology
Types of Flawed Forensics	Valid (Excluded)
Brief Quote / Description of Testimony	DNA excluded defendant, but serology on shoe matched that of victim
Jailhouse informant, Co-defendant, Incentivized Witness	J
Quotes from testimony #3	“He never said he shot them." “He said, ‘I did it.’”
Highest level reached	Appeal
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction	State Court Newly Discovered Evidence Claim
Claims granted, resulting in preexon. reversal	State Court Newly Discovered Evidence Claim
Citations to judicial opinions	State v. Gagnon, No. 06-GS-26-0594 (SC 2003)