From the Death Penalty Information Center

Another Innocent Defendant Released From Death Row:

Kentucky Acquits Juvenile, Nation's 102nd Mistake

Larry Osborne became the nation's 102nd exonerated death row inmate since 1973 when he was acquitted of all charges and freed on August 1 in Kentucky. The Kentucky Supreme Court reversed his conviction because the trial court allowed inadmissible hearsay testimony from a witness, Joe Reid. [Commonwealth v. Osborne, 43 S.W.2d 234 (Ky. 2001)] Reid passed away prior to the original trial and, therefore, could not face cross-examination. Osborne was sentenced to death in 1999 following his conviction for the murder of two elderly victims in Whitley County, Ky. Osborne was only 17 at the time of the crime. He is the fourth exonerated death row inmate in the nation this year.

See Louisville Courier-Journal, August 2, 2002.

Read DPIC's Press Release.

See also, Innocence