Bennett Stanley Barbour v. Virginia; No. 781228; Supreme Court of Virginia; 1977-1978, 2010 - Court Refusal of Petition in 1978, 2010 Petition for A Write of Actual Innocence Based Upon Biological Evidence (from UVA Innocence Project), 1977-1978, 2010
Scope and Contents
This collection of copies of trial transcripts for criminal state trials, from Virginia, Missouri, Texas, and various other states, was donated to the Law Library by Professor Brandon L. Garrett in August of 2017. About half of the defendants in these cases were DNA exonerees, the most notable case being that of Earl Washington, Jr., an African American man from Virginia who was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder, and spent 17 years in prison and on death row before he was exonerated. The files in which the defendants were exonerated by DNA evidence have copies of forensic reports and police files.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1977-1978, 2010
Extent
From the Collection: 65 Cubic Feet (65 archival cartons)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
archives@law.virginia.edu