UW law student finds evidence that frees man convicted of Tacoma robbery

UW law student finds evidence that frees man convicted of Tacoma robbery, News Tribune (Tacoma), Dec. 23, 2008. Accused of robbing a Safeway in Tacoma, the defendant said he was in L.A. at the time and in fact had met with his probation officer. Nobody came up with the records to show it, and he was convicted. Boris Reznikov, then a student in the Innocence Project Northwest clinic, got the records and the man was exonerated. Severe weather has delayed the processing of the paperwork, but he will be released soon. Clinic director Jacqueline McMurtrie and volunteer attorney Christopher R. Carney also worked on the case.

Thanks: Lisa Kremer.

Update (Dec. 28): Jackie McMurtrie reports that they were able to get Mr. Anderson, the wrongly convicted man, to L.A. on Christmas so he could be with his extended family.