Update: Byron Halsey exonerated in New Jersey

07.09.07

At a hearing this afternoon in New Jersey, prosecutors dismissed all charges against Byron Halsey, finally clearing him of two 1985 murders for which he was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly two decades. Read more about the case in today's Innocence Project

press release

, or in the news coverage below:

New York Times:

All Charges Dropped Against NJ Man

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