Innocent Man Elmer Davis Served 39 Years, His Story with Laura Coates
“A Delaware man who had his life sentence dismissed last week walked out of Howard R. Young Correctional Institution days later, a free man. Elmer Daniels and his attorneys say state prosecutors, in a lengthy court filing earlier this month to vacate the charges, took credit for work his legal team initiated to get him out of prison for a rape Daniels asserts he never committed.
After Nearly 40 Years Served on the Basis of ‘Junk Science’ Evidence, Delaware Man Finally Released from Prison
A man from Delaware has been released from prison nearly four decades after he was sent there after his attorneys finally won a battle for his freedom. In 1980, Elmer Daniels, who is Black, was convicted of raping a 15-year-old white girl at the age of 18. But...
A victim of a ‘broken’ justice system, wrongfully convicted Wilmington man will push for reform
Freedom–something we all take for granted–is something one man, who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned will value for the rest of his life, and he plans to spend the rest of his life helping others achieve it.
Philly lawyer helps free man locked up for 39 years
Elmer Daniels was 18 when he was arrested for a rape in Wilmington, Delaware, in January 1980. He walked out of prison last week at age 59, after lawyers uncovered problems with the case so serious — and including links to an FBI crime lab scandal affecting thousands...
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