From Wrongful Conviction to Justice The Inspiring Story of Ronald Cotton

NCIP Board Member Jennifer Thompson and Exoneree Ronald Cotton Honored at Victims' Rights Service Awards Ceremony. NCIP Board Member Jennifer ... The story of Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton is one of liberation and forgiveness. In 1984, Thompson testified that Cotton raped her, ... Background In July 1984, a young North Carolina man named Ronald Cotton was convicted of rape and burglary. The primary evidence? Ronald Martinez/Getty Images. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may ... Ronald Cotton. Self: After Innocence. The Wrongful Conviction of Ronald Cotton. In July of 1984, a man broke into the apartment of Jennifer Thompson in Burlington, North Carolina, ... Ronald Cotton was the man she had fled from that terrible summer night, wrapped only in a blanket, collapsing on a neighbour's porch. Ronald Cotton was the man ... The riveting true story of Jennifer Thompson, a Southern white college student who was violently raped at knifepoint, and Ronald Cotton. RONALD COTTON (Burlington, North Carolina). Factual Background. In two separate incidents in July 1984, an assailant broke into an apartment, severed phone ... Second Trial Of Ronald Cotton V. ... In July of 1984, in Alamance County in North Carolina, an assailant broke into the victim's – Jennifer Thompson-Cannino – ...