| First Name | Willie |
| Last Name | Jackson |
| Year of Conviction | 1989 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2006 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Non-Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Louisiana |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Type of Innocence Defense |
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| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | ● Defendant lives in Nachtez, which was at least a three-hour drive away from the town where the crime took place. Defendant does not own a car and three witnesses testified that defendant was in Nachtez on the night of the crime. ● Although victim claimed to have seen the perpetrator at the bar earlier in the night, bartender testified that he never saw defendant in his bar. |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | No |
| 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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| Reason why invalid | (6) Individualized bite testimony |
| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Regarding the bite mark, the analyst testified, “My conclusion is that Mr. Jackson is the person who bit this lady.” Analyst who conducted hair comparison stated that the hair at the crime scene was “similar” with the defendant. |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Suggestive Procedures | No |
| Unreliable Identification? | No ● Discrepancies in description – facial hair, hair |
| Quotes from testimony #2 | “You did tell the police officer that the man who attacked you had short hair?” A. “Yes, he wore his hair close cut, not short. He wore his hair about so long from his head. … It was freshly cut.” Q. “Are you absolutely positive about the length of his hair?” A. “Yes, it was not long.” |
| Highest level reached | FederalHabeas |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | State v. Jackson, 570 So.2d 227 (La.App. 5 Cir.,1990) |