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Dec 19, 2000 · On October 20, William Nieves was freed from death row when a Philadelphia jury acquitted him of a 1992 murder. Nieves was convicted in 1994, but maintained his innocence.
Jan 31, 2001 · William Nieves was held on death row for six years before a re-trial determined that he was, in fact, innocent. Yesterday afternoon, Nieves addressed a casual group of about 150 students in the Frizzell Room of the Eisenhower Chapel.
After his conviction by a jury Nieves was sentenced to death for the 1992 crime. Post-conviction DNA testing of crime scene evidence excluded Nieves as the assailant. His conviction was overturned in 2000, the charges were dismissed, and he was released after six years on death row." Conviction Caused By:
When William Nieves was released from prison on October 23, 2000, after six years on death row for a crime he did not commit, Philadelphia County gave him a SEPTA token and a set of clothes. At 1 A.M.
Nov 13, 2001 · William Nieves was wrongfully convicted of 1st degree murder in Philadelphia, sentenced to death, and spent six years on Pennsylvania’s Death Row (July 1994 to October 20, 2000). After a successful appeal concerning inadequate counsel, he won a new trial and was then found “Not Guilty”
Sep 15, 1993 · On October 20, 2000, Nieves was acquitted by a jury and was released from prison. Nieves died October 8, 2005 of complications of Hepatitis C, a liver disease first diagnosed, but never properly treated, while he was in prison. Report an error or add more information about this case.
Jan 9, 2023 · Williams, who spent nearly three decades in prison, including 25 years on death row, for separate wrongful murder convictions, was fatally shot after attending the funeral of Tyree Little, another formerly incarcerated man, in North Philadelphia on December 16,…
