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After the Virginia Supreme Court granted a writ of actual innocence, Keith Allen Harward walked out of a Virginia prison on April 8, 2016, after wrongly serving more than 33 years of a life sentence for a rape and murder he did not commit.
- Goofing Off and Bringing Joy: Exoneree Keith Harward on Life ...
Keith Harward was a 26-year-old sailor stationed in Newport...
- Goofing Off and Bringing Joy: Exoneree Keith Harward on Life ...
May 2, 2020 · Keith Harward was a 26-year-old sailor stationed in Newport News, Virginia, when he was accused and wrongfully convicted of raping a woman and murdering her husband in 1982. The woman told police officers that her attacker had worn a sailor’s uniform, but other than that, Harward didn’t match her description.
Apr 8, 2016 · Keith Allen Harward, 60, was found guilty for both the 1982 murder of a Newport News, Virginia, man and the rape of his wife. Key to his conviction was testimony by two experts who implicated Harward due to similarities between his teeth and bite marks that were found on the woman's legs.
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- Who Is Keith Harward?
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Harward was a sailor stationed to the USS Carl Vinson offNewport News, Virginia. The small town became the setting for a gruesome rape and murder on Sept. 14, 1982. That night, an intruder — dressed in a sailor uniform with dog tags around his neck — broke into the home of Jesse and Teresa Perron. He beat Jesseto death with a crowbar, according to ...
Fabricant noted in “The Innocence Files” that his paralegal came across Harward’s case while looking for bite mark conviction cases to work on. Harward had written to them looking for help in 2006, ABC Newsreported in 2016. “The evidence against Keith was incredibly weak,” Innocence Project attorney Olga Akselrod reflected in the docuseries. “In fa...
Since getting out of prison, Harward returned to his roots. He told the producers of “The Innocence Files” that he grew up in the country on a lake where he fished as much as he could. He said he missed this life as he was incarcerated. Now, he lives out in the country again, where he enjoys feeding wild birds. The state of Virginia gave him a comp...
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In March 1983, 26-year-old Keith Harward, a Naval enlistee who formerly had been stationed on the Carl Vinson, was discharged from the Navy. At about the same time, his girlfriend accused him of assaulting her, including biting her during a fight.
Keith Allen Harward, 60, was released from prison after DNA evidence showed he was wrongfully convicted of murder and rape.SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://www...
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Apr 8, 2016 · Wearing jeans and sunglasses, Keith Allen Harward shook hands with prison guards as he walked out of the Nottoway Correctional Center with his brothers and attorneys.
