The Ronald Cotton Case A Wake-Up Call for the Justice System

... (RTTNews) - On Friday, Estée Lauder Companies (EL) announced the retirement of Ronald S ... Cotton Bulls Battling Back on Thursday. 4 minutes ago • ... A person was wrongly convicted of a crime and later cleared of all the charges based on new evidence of innocence. Ronald Cotton lives with his wife and daughter in North Carolina. He has spoken at various schools and conferences including Washington and Lee University. The Wrongful Conviction of Ronald Cotton. In July of 1984, a man broke into the apartment of Jennifer Thompson in Burlington, North Carolina, ... A decade earlier, Poole, who was an inmate at the same prison as Cotton, had confessed to. Page 2. 148. GIROUX, BOYD, CONNOLLY, AND BERNSTEIN these crimes. Yet, ... 213 likes, 3 comments - innocenceproject on July 2, 2016: "Happy 21st exoneration anniversary, Ronald! Ronald Cotton was exonerated in 1995, ... Ronald Cotton (45) OF - Career Stats 2012 Game-by-Game Stats 2011 Game-by-Game Stats 2012 (Sophomore): Played in 16 games, Thompson is a North Carolina rape victim whose eyewitness identification of a suspect put the wrong man in prison for life. Twice. ESPN airs pre-game prayer for Cotton Bowl after backlash for not showing national anthem after terror attack ... (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty ... Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton, now lifelong friends, speak nationally about the hazards of eyewitness misidentification and necessary reforms to prevent ...