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Anthony Harris

State: Ohio
Incident Date: 06/27/98
 Age at Arrest: 12
 Conviction Date: 03/10/99
 Age when Exonerated: 14
 Exonerated Date: 2000
 Time Served: 2 years
 Conviction: Murder
 False Confession: True
 Implicated by Another Youth: False
Details

In the summer of 1998, five-year-old Devan Duniver went missing. Anthony Harris, just 12 years old, agreed to help Duniver’s mother search for her. When Duniver was found stabbed to death a day later, the police had no suspects. Two weeks later, as public pressure mounted, detectives decided to interrogate Harris by himself. The police subjected the twelve-year-old boy to an intense, accusatory, and relentless interrogation. Eventually, Harris falsely confessed under pressure from the investigators on the case. Harris spent two years in prison until an appellate court reversed his conviction and suppressed his confession, holding that his rights had been violated during his interrogation. Without the confession, the state had no evidence on which to recharge him. Harris subsequently won a large civil settlement for his wrongful conviction.
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Saving Anthony Harris
American Lawyer - March 01, 2009
The amazing story of the exoneration of Anthony Harris.