OR History of Peter Sullivan, acquitted after 38 years of imprisonment for a murder that has never committed, it is shocking and brings to light serious weaknesses in the system of justice. Unfortunately, it’s not the only case.
Human lives were determined by rough research, prejudice and a wrong verdict. Their stories remind them that justice is not always fair – but the struggle for the truth should never stop.
A simple category, an incomplete research, a false testimony … These were enough to destroy the life of six men. Needed 29, 39 even 44 years to prove that they were not to blame. Their cases are blatant reminders that justice is not always infallible – and that sometimes the truth is desperately late to come to light.
Peter Sullivan (United Kingdom – 38 years)
He was sentenced in 1987 to the murder of Diane Sindall. He stayed in prison for 38 years for a crime he said from the beginning he did not. The 2025, new DNA resolution He proved that he was not present on the scene of the crime, leading to his acquittal.
THE British Peter Salivan was declared innocent From British Justice to the biggest case of judicial error in the United Kingdom.
The 68 -year -old man today watched the procedure at the London Court of Appeal through a prison video call where he was held and heard the decision with his head bent and his arms crossed. When he was confirmed that his sentence was canceled, he burst into tears and put his palm in his mouth.
In a brief statement read by his lawyer to reporters, he said he was “not angry”, nor “bitter”.
Ronnie Long (US – 44 years)
Was convicted of 1976 From a white jury for rape, with police hiding critical evidence. Ronnie Lonfg went to a North Caroline prison 44 years of his life for a crime he never committed.
The African -American Long was accused of raping a white woman in 1976. An jury committee, composed entirely of white, found him guilty of rape and burglary and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
After insisting on his innocence and spent all his life in appeals, he was eventually released by the grace that the state’s governor awarded him in December 2020, while the court found that Long had been convicted incorrectly. It was acquitted in 2020 and received $ 25 million compensation.
Dewey Bozella (US – 26 years)
Twenty -six years was imprisoned by Dewey Bozella when he was inexplicably entangled as the main suspect in a 92 -year -old murder case.
In 1990, having served a respectable part of his sentence, he was given the opportunity to release on the condition that he confess his crime. That, He was unfaithful. He continued to support his innocence, despite the fact that his move not only was thrown into the trash the only opportunity given to him by the judicial authorities, but would condemn him again.
The Innocent Project Foundation then dealt seriously in its case and managed to detect evidence that acquitted him, with Bozella released in 2009. After his release, he made his dream of fighting professionally in boxing.