After more than 40 years behind bars and six years after another man confessed to the crime, Leroy Evans on Friday walked out of a Delaware County courtroom a.
A Delaware County man is going home after spending more than four decades in prison. Leroy Evans emerged from the Delaware County Court House to deafening cheers of his supporters and the warm embrace of his wife.
A Chester man, Leroy Evans, has been incarcerated for over 40 years for a crime he says he didn’t commit. WHYY’s Emily Rizzo reports an investigation by the Conviction Integrity Section of the state Attorney General’s Office has concluded and his release is being sought.
The Pa. attorney general’s Conviction Integrity Section looked into the case. The investigation over, his attorney has petitioned Delaware County Court.