Convicting the Innocent
DNA Exonerations Database

Terance Calhoun

First NameTerance
Last NameCalhoun
Year of Conviction2007
Year of Exoneration2022
Testing inculpated culpritCold Hit
State of ConvictionMichigan
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty PleaTrial
Gender of ExonereeMale
Race of exonereeBlack
Types of evidence at trial
  • Confession
  • Eyewitness
Were non-public facts alleged?Yes
Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies

● Victim forced to perform oral
sex until ejaculation
● Attacker unsuccessfully attempted to anally penetrate
● Attacker put on a condom before the unsuccessful anal penetration attempt
● Attacker threatened to hurt victim if she told anyone
BUT – described choking victim, which neither victim had reported. Could not describe details of second attack, about which detective did not know the details.