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MAIP Client Michael Hash Wins Habeas Petition

Posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 by Innocence Project

Yesterday, a federal judge in Roanoke, Virginia granted full habeas corpus relief in an innocent teen’s capital murder case based on the “outrageous misconduct” of Culpeper law enforcement officials. More than a decade ago, Michael Wayne Hash, just 19 years old at the time, was convicted of capital murder in Culpeper County and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. No physical evidence implicated Hash or the two other teenage boys charged with the crime. In turn, Hash was convicted based only on the testimony of three suspect witnesses. Hash’s direct appeals and a state habeas corpus petition…

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