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On August 6, 2009, three of the Norfolk Four received conditional pardons from Governor Tim Kaine. Derek Tice, Danial Williams, and Joseph Dick, Jr. have been released from prison and rejoined their families after more than 11 harsh years in prison. Please click here for the Norfolk Four press release.
On September 14, 2009, Judge Richard L. Williams of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Derek Tice’s federal habeas petition and overturned Mr. Tice’s conviction. In the opinion, Judge Williams finds that the state trial court’s grant of Mr. Tice’s habeas petition based on the violation of his constitutional rights was correct, and that the Virginia Supreme Court’s reversal of that decision was an “objectively unreasonable” application of federal law. Click here to read the opinion in its entirety.
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ERIC CAMERON WILSON (released)
Eric Cameron Wilson was, on the basis of his false confession, convicted of rape but acquitted of murder. Eric spent 8-1/2 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He completed his sentence and was released from prison in September 2005. Eric has filed a separate clemency petition with Governor Warner.
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