James Calvin Tillman

James Calvin Tillman is a man who was convicted of rape, and served 16.5 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing on July 11, 2006. Tillman, of East Hartford Connecticut, was convicted of kidnapping in the first degree, sexual assault in the first degree, robbery and assault in the third degree in 1989, and freed in 2007.

Read more about James Calvin Tillman:  Alleged Crime, Judicial Appeal, Verdict Upheld, Exoneration, Aftermath

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