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Man says he spent 46 years in prison on wrongful conviction. Now he seeks compensation.

Por: The Advocate Crime March 15, 2023

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For 45 years, 10 months and three days, Wilbert Jones languished behind bars for a crime he says he didn’t commit.He was twice convicted of raping a nurse outside the Baton Rouge General Hospital in 1971 and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.But in 2017, Jones was released after evidence surfaced of striking similarities to rapes that another man committed around the same time. That man matched the description... + full article



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