| First Name | Samuel |
| Last Name | Scott |
| Year of Conviction | 1987 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2002 |
| State of Conviction | Georgia |
| 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 | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Type of Innocence Defense |
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| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | ● Witness testified to seeing both defendants away from the crime scene at the time the crime occurred. |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | Yes |
| Quotes from Exoneree Testimony | “Q: Did you commit the crimes you’re charged with? A: No sir.” |
| 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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| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Latent fingerprint match was to a glass in Scott’s house and thus not highly probative. Spermatozoa detected but no further analysis conducted. |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Lineup Procedures |
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| Suggestive Procedures | No |
| Unreliable Identification? | No – very little description given, except that victim identified him “by his curls” |
| Highest level reached | NR |