Today’s Exonerated Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Andre Davis: Back to Orange.
A Chicago man who served 32 years in prison before DNA evidence overturned his conviction in the 1980 rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl faces a new murder charge. Andre Davis was charged Thursday in the 2013 death of Jamal Harmon. The 53-year-old Davis is jailed without bond. Davis was released from prison in 2012 after being declared innocent in the death of Brianna Stickle of Rantoul (Illinois). Prosecutors say the 19-year-old Harmon got into a dispute with Davis’ nephew over money lost in a dice game. Assistant State’s Attorney Robert Mack said the nephew shot and wounded Harmon, and that Davis later cut the man’s throat and dumped his body in an alley. In addition to the 1980 case, Davis has faced attempted murder, aggravated battery and weapons charges.
Culled From: The Associated Press
Submitted by: Aimee
DNA or no DNA, this guy is clearly bad news. Not a good choice for a poster boy for Second Chances. – Aimee
It sounds like he might be a poster boy for the effects of 32 years in prison on an originally innocent man. Yikes!
It’s not clear whether the assault and attempted murder charges were ones he faced before or after his 1980 arrest, or after he was released. Either bway, not somebody I’d care to meet up with in a dark alley.
Or even in a brightly-lit alley….