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Witness to Innocence: Speaker Bio RON KEINE Along with three other co-defendants, Ron Keine was convicted of the murder, kidnapping, sodomy and rape of University of New Mexico student William Velten in 1974 and was sentenced to die in New Mexico’s gas chamber. A subsequent investigation by The Detroit News uncovered lies by the prosecution’s star witness, perjured identification given under police pressure, and the use of poorly administered lie detector tests. A state district judge dismissed the original indictments and the men were released in 1976 after the murder weapon was traced to a drifter from South Carolina who admitted to the killing. (Detroit News Magazine, 1/11/76 and Detroit News, 12/16/75). Ron returned to Michigan where he became a successful businessman and became active in local politics. He lives outside of Detroit and speaks to groups throughout the country about his experience having survived death row and has done numerous media interviews about his wrongful conviction and the criminal just system. |
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