Murder – Missouri Public Defender System

This case involved a murder for which the convicted felon served nearly a decade on death row prior to exoneration through evidence presented by Genetic Technologies. The original trial and subsequent conviction were based upon serology, bloodstain analysis (not DNA) and corroborating, yet circumstantial evidence. The victim was the wife of the accused. Exoneration in this horrible case has barely a silver lining. The victim is dead, an innocent man served a decade on death row, and the murderer remains at large. DNA, in the forensic environment, has taken great strides in preventing such injustices.