I believe he was convicted of murder or something similar. The only evidence against him was the "10% DNA" evidence. The jury that convicted him must have believed that the DNA evidence was conclusive proof/ On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 8:34 AM Patty Drabing searchangelpatty@gmail.com [DNA-NEWBIE] <DNA-NEWBIE@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > What were the charges he was convicted of? > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 2:14 AM Judith jbramlage@cox.net [DNA-NEWBIE] < > DNA-NEWBIE@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Our public prosecutors are so ridiculous here in Florida. I know of >> another case where a man is in jail for firing a gun into the ceiling of a >> bar— no previous runs in with the law. And because he is an ideal prisoner, >> the prison system doesn’t want to put him up for parole, after all they >> would lose the income for his keep and labor. And none of his friends or >> family can afford a real lawyer. >> >> >> >> On Nov 30, 2018, at 1:47 PM, Sam Sloan samhsloan@gmail.com [DNA-NEWBIE] < >> DNA-NEWBIE@yahoogroups.com> wrote: >> >> >> Right. They did not have autosomal DNA or Gedmatch back in 1990. They had >> very primitive DNA testing back then by today's standards.. Also, the >> prosecutors statement about 10% DNA was ridiculous.. >> Still the man was convicted and is in jail. You can look him up.. >> >> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 9:13 AM Wjhonson <wjhonson@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> But again I’m speaking of autosomal dna and gedmatch >>> >>> This case is neither >>> >>> Sent from AOL Mobile Mail >>> Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com <http://mail.mobile..aol.com/> >>> >>> On Friday, November 30, 2018, Sam Sloan <samhsloan@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I knew of an especially bad case of wrongful conviction due to DNA >>> evidence. He was named Willie Moore. He was serving a life sentence for >>> murder in Powhatan State Farm Prison in Virginia. This happened in 1990 in >>> Petersburg Virginia. The prosecuting Commonwealth Attorney was Casandra >>> Byrnes. The murder victim was an elderly man who dealt in counterfeit >>> cigarettes. Counterfeit cigarettes may be cigarettes in which the Virginia >>> State Tobacco tax has not been paid. I believe the murder victim was going >>> to North Carolina where the tax was less. He stayed up all night selling >>> cigarettes and slept all day. The evidence produced in court showed that >>> the saliva on one of the cigarettes found at the crime scene showed that it >>> had DNA characteristics of less than 10% of the Black population. There was >>> no doubt that Willie Moore had visited the crime victim in the night of the >>> murder but he was just one of the many customers. Willie Moore was an >>> absolute schizophrenic who used to yell and scream all day and all night >>> long in his prison cell and he probably did yell “Yess I killt the mother” >>> or words to that effect. I filed a habeas corpus petition for him but I >>> knew he had no chance because those petitions are never granted in >>> Virginia. He is probably still in prison 28 years later. >>> Sam Sloan >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > Patty Drabing > President > http://dnaadoption.com > Gedmatch M153553 > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: Patty Drabing <searchangelpatty@gmail.com> > ------------------------------ > Reply via web post > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/DNA-NEWBIE/conversations/messages/59987;_ylc=X3oDMTJybjVuNTBmBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE1Nzc1NzY0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY5MDkzMgRtc2dJZAM1OTk4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE1NDM5MzAzNDk-?act=reply&messageNum=59987> > • Reply to sender > <searchangelpatty@gmail.com?subject=Re%3A%20%5BDNA-NEWBIE%5D%20Re%3A%20A%20Wrongful%20Conviction%20Due%20to%20DNA%20%22Evidence%22%20Willie%20Moore> > • Reply to group > <DNA-NEWBIE@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20%5BDNA-NEWBIE%5D%20Re%3A%20A%20Wrongful%20Conviction%20Due%20to%20DNA%20%22Evidence%22%20Willie%20Moore> > • Start a New Topic > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/DNA-NEWBIE/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOHJrN3F0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE1Nzc1NzY0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY5MDkzMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzE1NDM5MzAzNDk-> > • Messages in this topic > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/DNA-NEWBIE/conversations/topics/59969;_ylc=X3oDMTM3ajNnN2hvBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE1Nzc1NzY0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY5MDkzMgRtc2dJZAM1OTk4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzE1NDM5MzAzNDkEdHBjSWQDNTk5Njk-> > (3) > ------------------------------ > Have you tried the highest rated email app? <https://yho.com/1wwmgg> > With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email > app on the market. 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