RALEIGH, N.C. – The recent headline-grabbing exonerations of Leon Brown and Henry McCollum will be the subject of a panel discussion at Campbell Law on Thursday, March 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The event, hosted by the Campbell Law Innocence Project (CLIP) will feature four participants directly involved in the case.
Area residents are invited to join the Campbell Law community in attending the presentation. Paid parking is available at the City of Raleigh Municipal Parking Deck across from the law school on West Morgan Street.
In 1983 half-brothers Brown and McCollum were convicted in the murder of 11-year old Sabrina Buie. North Carolina Superior Court Judge Robert Sasser ordered that they be released from prison in September 2014 based upon the DNA analysis of evidence found at the crime scene.
McCollum initially confessed to the murder and both were given death sentences, which were later overturned. McCollum was eventually sentenced to death row, while Brown was sentenced to life in prison and convicted of rape. The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission uncovered the new DNA evidence that ultimately lead to their freedom this past September.
Panel participants for the discussion include Johnson Britt (Robeson County District Attorney), Cortney Cowan (N.C. State Bureau of Investigation Laboratory), Kendra Montogmery-Blinn (N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission Executive Director), and Ken Rose (Center for Death Penalty Litigation Senior Staff Attorney).
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