Triumph Over Adversity Ronald Cotton's Unwavering Spirit Amid False Accusations

The riveting true story of Jennifer Thompson, a Southern white college student who was violently raped at knifepoint, and Ronald Cotton. Dr. Ronald T. Cotton introduces the General Surgery Residency Program in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. An all-white bench convicted the then nineteen-year-old Hunt, even though there was no physical evidence linking him to the crime. A hotel employee made false ... In January 1985, Ronald Cotton was convicted by a jury of one count of rape and one count of burglary. In a second trial, in November 1987, ... A person was wrongly convicted of a crime and later cleared of all the charges based on new evidence of innocence. The Wrongful Conviction of Ronald Cotton. In July of 1984, a man broke into the apartment of Jennifer Thompson in Burlington, North Carolina, ... The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Texas Longhorns 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl Classic on Friday night ... (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) ... Ronald Cotton is pictured with Jennifer Thompson, a sexual assault victim who mistakenly identified Cotton as her attacker. ... heart of the DNA exonerations of falsely convicted people like Ronald Cotton, who has now forgiven his accuser, Jennifer Thompson. Ronald Cotton was exonerated in 1995, after spending over 10 years in prison for crimes he did not commit.