Virginia Court of Appeals Exonerates Richmond Man Who Served Nearly 27 Years for Sexual Assaults DNA and Other Evidence Prove He Didn’t Commit This is only the Second Time a Virginia Court Has Granted a Writ of Actual Innocence Based on Non DNA Evidence FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2011 CONTACTS:  Paul Cates, 212/364-5346, cell 917/566-1294, pcates@innocenceproject.org Shawn Armbrust, 773/ 562-9020, sarmbrust@exonerate.org Alana Salzberg, 212/364-5983, asalzberg@innocenceproject.org (Richmond, VA; December 6, 2011) —  The Virginia Court of Appeals today exonerated Thomas Haynesworth of a series of sexual assaults that occurred in 1984 that DNA and other evidence now prove were committed…