Tompkins could be First Ever Executed Man to be Proven InnocentThis could potentially be huge. If the DNA testing concludes that the body is not that of the alleged victim, and they find out that an innocent man has been executed, there will no longer be any argument for the death penalty. There can be no way that anyone can possibly support it when the system has been caught murdering an innocent man. My opinion has always been that capital punishment makes everyone involved as bad as the crime that's been committed, but now, it's not just my opinion. It will be fact.
Today the Innocence Project of Florida (IPF) reiterated its intent to test the remaining DNA evidence in the case of Wayne Tompkins. Mr. Tompkins was executed on Wednesday, February 11th, in Raiford, Florida after being found guilty of murdering Lisa DeCarr in 1983. IPF believes that further testing in the case could reveal that the body did not belong to the alleged victim, meaning Mr. Tompkins had been convicted of a murder that did not take place.
“We have a remarkable case with Mr. Tompkins,” said Seth Miller, Executive Director of the Innocence Project of Florida. “The State supported this match between the body and the victim with a partial dental record, which was pretty unconvincing. But on top of that, several people have signed affidavits saying that they’ve seen her alive since the murder. If that’s the case, then Florida just killed an innocent man.”
If it were found that Mr. Tompkins was innocent of the 1983 murder, it would be the first case in American history of an executed man being scientifically proven innocent posthumously.
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