| First Name | Vincent |
| Last Name | Thames |
| Year of Conviction | 1998 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2012 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Illinois |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Guilty Plea |
| Type of Crime | Rape and Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| 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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| Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Victim choked from behind ● Victim hit in the head with a shovel with a wooden handle ● Victim wrapped in a white sheet with colored flowers on it ● Crime scene was cleaned with a mop |
| Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Guilty Plea – No trial. But testified in Joseph White trial. |
| Quotes from prosecution arguments | Guilty Plea – No trial. But testified in Joseph White trial. |
| Highest level reached | NR |