VIRGINIA 1984: He Got Her Race Wrong. 9 Days From Execution Anyway.

Earl Washington Jr. was sentenced to death in Virginia in 1984 for the rape and murder of Rebecca Lynn Williams. His confession got the victim’s race, height and number of wounds wrong. This wrongful conviction case shows how a man with an IQ of 69 came within nine days of execution before DNA evidence cleared him and exposed the real killer. Chapters 0:00 He got everything wrong 0:44 Murder in Culpeper, 1982 2:40 The farmhand who confessed to everything 4:48 Building a case on a broken confession 8:01 The verdict 9:34 Nine days from execution 13:00 The 1993 DNA test and a secret admission 15:43 The break: Frontline and Kenneth Tinsley 17:44 Freedom, pardon and fallout Sources National Registry of Exonerations, Earl Washington Jr.: https://exonerationregistry.org/cases... Innocence Project, Earl Washington: https://innocenceproject.org/cases/ea... CBS News, DNA Clears Death Row Inmate: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dna-clea... CBS News, “Absolute Pardon” For Ex-Death Row Inmate: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/absolute... Washington Times, Kaine pardons guiltless death row man (2007): https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20... Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Earl Washington case settled? (2007): https://valawyersweekly.com/?p=76717 Police1, Va. crime lab erred in exoneration of death row inmate: https://www.police1.com/archive/artic... The Hook, Rapist absent: Unsealed file says cops knew: https://readthehook.net/107038/rapist... Death Penalty Information Center, Washington Post editorial (2006): https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocenc... Wikipedia, Earl Washington Jr.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Wa....