Supreme Court: No One Should Pay for Innocent Man's 18-Year Incarceration
Hamilton Nolan · 03/30/11 09:07AMJohn Thompson (pictured) was convicted of a 1984 armed robbery, and later of murder. He spent 18 years in prison, including 14 years on death row. Problem: the prosecutors who sent him to jail withheld some evidence—including eyewitness reports describing a perpetrator who looked nothing like Thompson, and a blood test that proved Thompson's innocence.