MAIP Is Saddened To Report That Larry Fowlkes Has Died In Prison
Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008 by Eily Raman
It is with great sadness that MAIP announces the death of Larry Fowlkes in his prison cell on Saturday, May 10, 2008. Mr. Fowlkes died, apparently of natural causes, after waiting four long years for Governor Warner, then Governor Kaine, to act on his clemency petition, filed on his behalf on May 18, 2004, by lawyers recruited by the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (“MAIP”). In 1995, Mr. Fowlkes was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and robbery, and was sentenced to 45 years in prison. No physical evidence or eyewitness connected Mr. Fowlkes to the crime. Moreover, thirteen witnesses – including…
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