Gordon Cordeiro, who spent more than half of his life in prison for a murder he denied committing, walked out of a Maui ...
A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he long denied committing declared the day “Freedom Friday” and said ...
Behind bars for 30 years, Gordon Cordeiro's first desire was to visit the grave of his mother, who died of ALS just before he ...
After 30 years in prison, a Hawaii man walked free Friday when his conviction was overturned based on new DNA evidence ...
Hawaii News Now/YouTube After Cordeiro’s conviction, new testing on physical evidence from the scene excluded him as the source of DNA on Blaisdell’s body and other crime scene evidence ...
according to the Hawaii Innocence Project, which took up his case and argued that new evidence – including DNA test results – showed he was not at the crime scene at the time of the murder.
A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder celebrated "Freedom Friday" after a judge ordered him to be released because of new DNA evidence. There were gasps and cries when Judge ...
After Cordeiro's conviction, new testing on physical evidence from the scene excluded him as the source of DNA on Blaisdell's body and other crime scene evidence, the Hawaii Innocence Project said ...