Convicting the Innocent
DNA Exonerations Database

Rodney Roberts

First Name Rodney
Last NameRoberts
Year of Conviction1996
Year of Exoneration2014
State of ConvictionNew Jersey
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty PleaGuilty Plea
Type of CrimeRape
Death SentenceNo
Gender of ExonereeMale
Race of exonereeBlack
JuvenileNo
Types of evidence at trial
  • Eyewitness
Identity of eyewitness
  • Victim
Highest level reachedNR