Man who spent 27 years in prison going home after murder conviction overturned: ‘I’m innocent’

Man who spent 27 years in prison going home after murder conviction overturned in Greensboro

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'I'm innocent': Greensboro man who spent 27 years in prison going home after murder conviction overturned

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A man who was in prison for almost three decades is going home after a judge vacated a first-degree murder conviction as part of a plea deal, according to a Duke University School of Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic news release. Benjamin Cole, 47, was convicted of the 1998 murder of Calvin Jenkins, who was shot in his Greensboro apartment during a robbery. Cole has always maintained his innocence and said he was in Ohio…

Man who spent 27 years in NC prison going home after murder conviction overturned: 'I'm innocent'

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- A man who was in prison for almost three decades is going home after a judge vacated a first-degree murder conviction as part of a plea deal, according to a Duke University School of Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic news release. Benjamin Cole, 47, was convicted of the 1998 murder of Calvin Jenkins, who was shot in his Greensboro apartment during a robbery. Cole has always maintained his innocence and said he was in Ohi…

Man who spent 27 years in prison going home after murder conviction overturned: 'I'm innocent'

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- A man who was in prison for almost three decades is going home after a judge vacated a first-degree murder conviction as part of a plea deal, according to a Duke University School of Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic news release. Benjamin Cole, 47, was convicted of the 1998 murder of Calvin Jenkins, who was shot in his Greensboro apartment during a robbery. Cole has always maintained his innocence and said he was in Ohi…

Man who spent 27 years in prison going home after murder conviction overturned: ‘I’m innocent’

Benjamin Cole has maintained his innocence since his conviction. Now, he’s returning home.

Man who spent 27 years in prison going home after murder conviction overturned in Greensboro: ‘I’m innocent’

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A man who was in prison for almost three decades is going home after a judge vacated a first-degree murder conviction as part of a plea deal, according to a Duke University School of Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic news release. Benjamin Cole, 47, left a Guilford County courtroom on Wednesday and […]