First Name | William |
Last Name | Kelly |
Year of Conviction | 1990 |
Year of Exoneration | 1993 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Non-Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Pennsylvania |
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 |
Mentally Ill or Intellectually Disabled | Intellectually Disabled |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Provided “somewhat detailed account of the murder” ● Admitted presence at Dinger’s Café/Bar with victim shorter before her death ● Drive with victim to landfill ● Hit victim with a plank. ● Dragged victim to location (which he identified) where body was found, and covered body ● Confessed to raping victim vaginally But told police he did not ejaculate (in fact perpetrator did ejaculate) |
Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Guilty plea – no trial |
Quotes from prosecution arguments | Guilty plea – no trial |
Highest level reached | NR |