Man who spent 45 years behind bars in wife's murder was wrongfully imprisoned [View all]

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Isaiah Andrews, 84, who was exonerated of his wife's murder last fall after spending 46 years in prison and filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Cleveland in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio last month, was declared wrongfully imprisoned Thursday.
... the Ohio Innocence Project attorneys discovered that Cleveland police hid evidence during the original trial.

Andrews, 84, was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife in 1974 and spent 46 years in prison for the crime he did not commit. The Ohio Innocence Project uncovered evidence that had been hidden from Andrews' original defense team during the 1975 trial, and in 2019 the conviction was overturned.

The Attorney General's Office also spoke at the declaration Thursday calling the case "unfortunate" and wishing Andrews some sense of relief with him officially announced as wrongfully imprisoned.

After declaring Andrews wrongfully imprisoned, Judge Ashley Kilbane wished him the best as he moves to the next stage of the process, which will be obtaining compensation from the state.

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