Stories – Washington Innocence Project

Ted Bradford

Yakima County
Ted, who served his full ten-year sentence, was exonerated in 2010 after DNA evidence proved him innocent.
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Randy Henderson

Cowlitz County
Randy was freed in 2022 after serving 26 years of a life sentence when a perpetrator testified he was not involved. Though his convictions were overturned, prosecutors still deny his innocence. He continues to fight to clear his name.
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Lester Griffin

Clark County
Lester was wrongly convicted in 2009 based on coerced testimony and served nine years of a 24-year sentence. His conviction was vacated thanks to WashIP’s efforts, revealing prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective defense counsel.
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Ha’im Sharif

Clark County, Nevada
Ha’im was 19 years-old in 1988, when he was wrongly convicted in the state of Nevada and sentenced to death. He spent 29 years on death row before being freed after new medical evidence proved that his daughter’s death was the result of a medical condition, and therefore no crime occurred.
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Ken Hovland

Snohomish County
Ken was wrongly convicted at 22 based on flawed forensic evidence and a false confession. He served 40 years of a life sentence before being freed in 2021 at age 62.
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Evaristo Junior Salas

Yakima County
Evaristo “Junior” Salas was fully exonerated after 27 years in custody. Tried as an adult and wrongly convicted of first-degree murder at the age of 15.
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Robert Larson

Spokane County
Robert was exonerated in July 2013 after serving four years of a 20-year sentence for a robbery he didn’t commit.
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Brandon Olebar

King County
Brandon was exonerated in December 2013 after serving 10 years in prison for a robbery he didn’t commit.
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Van Dyke Perry

Clark County
Xavier (VanDyke) Perry was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in 1990 and, after moving to Washington in 2007, was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender. Following his 2018 exoneration, WashIP helped dismiss those Washington convictions, which were based on a crime he didn’t commit.
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Jeramie Davis

Spokane County
Jeramie was exonerated in 2013 after serving six years of a life sentence for a murder he didn’t commit.
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Tyler Gassman

Spokane County
Tyler was exonerated in July 2013 after serving four years of a 26-year sentence for a robbery he didn’t commit.
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Larry Davis

Clark County
“I lost 17 years of my life at the hands of the State. While I was in prison I lost my health, I lost my father, I lost my future.”
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Donovan Allen

Cowlitz County
Donovan was exonerated in 2015 after serving 15 years following his wrongful conviction for his mother’s murder.
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Alan Northrop

Clark County
Alan was exonerated in July 2010 thanks to DNA evidence after serving 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
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James Anderson

Pierce County
James was exonerated in 2009 after serving four years in prison based on a false witness identification.
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Paul Statler

Spokane County
Paul was exonerated in July 2013 after serving four years of a 41-year sentence for a robbery he didn’t commit.
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Innocent People Suffer a Terrible Burden

Even if they are freed, wrongfully convicted people suffer lasting physical and psychological harm from their imprisonment. They lose their everyday lives and are separated from their families and communities. And, society loses the human potential of innocent people.

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