He was wrongfully charged with aggravated sexual assault in Lubbock, Texas due to a false description by Michele Mallin. Mallin stated that her attacker was smoking during the attack, but Timothy Cole did not smoke due to his severe asthma problem. He was sentenced 25 years in a Texas prison, but only served twenty-three after dying from an asthma attack on December 2, 1999. Jerry Wayne Johnson, who was also in prison during the time, finally confessed that he raped Michelle, but it was too late because Timothy Cole had already passed away. Cole's exoneration led to many changes in Texas state laws. I got this information from inocentproject.org. George Stinney Jr., a fourteen year old African American child, is the youngest person to be executed in the United States. He was wrongfully accused for the murder of two young white females in South Carolina during the 1990's. He was convicted in a short two-hour trial by the jury and was executed within three months of the conviction by the electric chair. There were no African Americans in the courthouse and the jury consisted of twelve white males. After 70 years, he was finally cleared from these accusations. I got this information from
He was wrongfully charged with aggravated sexual assault in Lubbock, Texas due to a false description by Michele Mallin. Mallin stated that her attacker was smoking during the attack, but Timothy Cole did not smoke due to his severe asthma problem. He was sentenced 25 years in a Texas prison, but only served twenty-three after dying from an asthma attack on December 2, 1999. Jerry Wayne Johnson, who was also in prison during the time, finally confessed that he raped Michelle, but it was too late because Timothy Cole had already passed away. Cole's exoneration led to many changes in Texas state laws. I got this information from inocentproject.org. George Stinney Jr., a fourteen year old African American child, is the youngest person to be executed in the United States. He was wrongfully accused for the murder of two young white females in South Carolina during the 1990's. He was convicted in a short two-hour trial by the jury and was executed within three months of the conviction by the electric chair. There were no African Americans in the courthouse and the jury consisted of twelve white males. After 70 years, he was finally cleared from these accusations. I got this information from