From the commentary: This is one woman's story, but there are so many others. Since 1989, some 2,991 inmates have been fully exonerated; of those, fewer than 300 are women. New DNA evidence helps mostly men in rape cases and stranger crimes. In 40% of the cases where women are cleared most of them involving accidental injuries to loved ones the ultimate finding is that no crime occurred.
The year was 1995. Kristine Bunch was a 22-year-old single mother, wrongly arrested and charged and ultimately sentenced to 60 years in prison. For an accident.
WATERFORD CITY & TRAMORE IT’S with deep and sad regret that we place on record the following deaths of Waterford people. May they Rest in Peace. Jiri Prokop…