Marvin Anderson
Posted By The Editors | August 18th, 2009 | Category: Exoneree of the Week | Comments Off
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Marvin Anderson
Seven years ago, on August 21, Marvin Anderson was pardoned by Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, finally clearing his name two decades after he was convicted of a rape he didn’t commit. He became a suspect in part because he had a white girlfriend and the perpetrator of the rape, an African-American man, told the victim he had a white girlfriend. Read more about his case.
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