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Thomas Haynesworth

2024/4/1
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本期节目讲述了托马斯·海恩斯沃思的案件,他在1984年被指控犯下五起强奸案,主要证据是五名受害者的目击证词。尽管托马斯一直坚称自己无罪,但他最终被判处74年监禁。然而,在随后的几年里,新的DNA证据和调查结果表明,真正的罪犯是莱昂·戴维斯,这与托马斯在狱中一直坚持的说法相符。最终,托马斯在服刑27年后被无罪释放,并获得赔偿。此案凸显了目击证词的不确定性和DNA证据在纠正冤假错案中的重要性。案件中,五名受害人均指认托马斯为袭击者,然而,在托马斯入狱后,类似的袭击事件仍在继续发生,这表明可能存在另一名罪犯。警方最终逮捕了莱昂·戴维斯,他与托马斯有相似之处,并且也犯下了类似的罪行。托马斯在被捕后曾向警方指出莱昂·戴维斯可能是真正的罪犯,但当时警方并未重视。在随后的DNA检测中,托马斯被排除在一宗案件中,而莱昂·戴维斯的DNA与该案件相符。此后,检方对其他案件进行了重新调查,最终认定莱昂·戴维斯才是所有罪行的真正凶手。托马斯通过了测谎仪测试,最终获得无罪释放,并获得赔偿。

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The episode introduces the case of Thomas Haynesworth, who was identified by multiple victims as the perpetrator of a series of assaults in Richmond, Virginia in 1984. The reliability of eyewitness identification is questioned.

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#222 - Over four weeks in the winter of 1984, five women were assaulted at knifepoint in a series of attacks in and around the East End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. The police quickly zeroed in on their suspect, Thomas Haynesworth, after every one of the victims identified him as the preparator. But can eyewitness identification always be trusted?

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