en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Calvin_Tillman

James Calvin Tillman is a man who was wrongfully convicted of rape, and served 18.5 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing on July 11, 2006. Tillman, of East Hartford Connecticut, was convicted of kidnapping in the first degree, sexual assault in the first degree, robbery and assault in the third degree in ...

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On February 28, 1995, James Edward Tillman Jr. arrived at the Amtrak Station in Kansas City, Missouri, on a train that originated in Los Angeles, California. Tillman was carrying two pieces of luggage without identification tags. In the station, Tillman set the bags on a chair and then sat down two chairs from his bags.

www.innocenceproject.org/cases/james-tillman

After being released from prison on June 6, 2006, James Calvin Tillman was officially exonerated by DNA testing on July 11, 2006. With the assistance of the Connecticut Innocence Project, a voluntary organization and part of the Public Defender Services for the State of Connecticut, Tillman walked out of prison after  ...

www.courant.com/hartford-magazine/people/hc-hm-nh-innocence-project-20141030-story.html

Oct 30, 2014 ... "A gift" is what James Tillman calls the 18 years he spent in prison on a wrongful conviction. Sentenced for rape, assault and robbery, Tillman was the first person in Connecticut to be exonerated with post-conviction DNA testing through the efforts of the Connecticut Innocence Project. Tillman's...