"Joseph Sledge deserves the criminal atmosphere and should in no way be among decent white men and women -- excuse me, need to never ever be among decent people once more," Donald Hales, Josephine Davis' grandson, had written in an account published in the News and Observer of Raleigh, Los Angeles T
Date: Jan 24, 2015
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North Carolina man wrongly convicted decades ago freed from prison
The victims, Josephine Davis, 74, and daughter Aileen, 57, were stabbed to death in September 1976. THey were found in their home in Elizabethtown a day after Sledge had escaped from a prison work farm where ha was serving a four-year sentence for larceny.
Date: Jan 24, 2015
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Wrongly Convicted: Court Declares North Carolina Man Innocent Just after ...
Relatives of the Davises are not pleased with how the case progressed, with Josephine Davis' grandson Donald Hales writing to the commission that Sledge was a racist who believed white girls have been devils and that he deserved the criminal environment he was in.
Date: Jan 24, 2015
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North Carolina judges find 70-year-old man wrongly convicted 4 decades ago ...
Sledge was sentenced to life in prison in the September 1976 slayings of Josephine Davis and her daughter, Aileen. They were found stabbed to death in their home in Elizabethtown, a day after Sledge had escaped from a prison work farm where he was serving time for larceny.
Date: Jan 23, 2015
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70-year-old Joseph Sledge wrongfully convicted in 1976 murders, judge rules
District attorney Jon David told the judges the justice system had made a mistake and he would reopen the case into the slayings of Josephine Davis and her daughter, Aileen. A day before the September 1976 killings in Elizabethtown, Sledge had escaped from a prison work farm.
Date: Jan 23, 2015
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Joseph Sledge, wrongly convicted for decades, now free
Josephine Davis and her daughter Aileen Davis were discovered in September 1976 inside their home in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. The women had been beaten and stabbed multiple times; Aileen Davis had been sexually assaulted.
Date: Jan 23, 2015
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Joseph Sledge, imprisoned for 37 years, exonerated by three-judge panel
In 1978, Sledge was convicted of murdering Josephine Davis, 74, and Aileen Davis, 53, in their home near Elizabethtown. The victims had been stabbed and beaten to death, and Aileen appeared to have been sexually assaulted.