Entries tagged with “Genesis Hill”
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Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Apr 30, 2019
Federal Court Overturns Ohio Shaken-Baby Conviction and Death Sentence Based on Withheld Evidence
A federal district court has overturned the conviction of Genesis Hill (pictured), who was sentenced to death in Ohio in 1991 for the death of his six-month-old daughter, Domika, based upon a questionable shaken-baby diagnosis. On April 24, 2019, Chief Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio found that Ohio prosecutors had unconstitutionally withheld exculpatory evidence that called into question the…