First Name | Thomas |
Last Name | Winslow |
Year of Conviction | 1990 |
Year of Exoneration | 2009 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Non-Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Nebraska |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Guilty Plea |
Type of Crime | Murder |
Death Sentence | No |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | White |
Juvenile | No |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
Type of Forensic Evidence |
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Types of Flawed Forensics |
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Reason why invalid | (1) Masking |
Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Fingerprint and hair comparison excluded defendant. Analyst testified in Joseph White’s trial that serology was consistent with two co-defendants, without providing any statistics or explaining that those findings were also entirely consistent with the victim and none could be excluded. |
Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Described how one would reach the victim’s apartment ● Described general layout of victim’s apartment ● Described involvement of others in a rape BUT also denied having any independent knowledge of the victim’s residence |
Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Guilty plea – no trial. |
Interrogation Recorded | Videotaped part of interrogation |
Jailhouse informant, Co-defendant, Incentivized Witness | CD |
Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Non-public facts described in false confession Appendix concerning other “Beatrice Six” defendants Dean, Shelden, and Taylor. |
Highest level reached | NR |
Citations to judicial opinions | State v. Winslow, 236 Neb. xxvii (No. S‐90‐193, Jan. 4, 1991) |