Hubert Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams are two African American men exonerated for First-Degree Murder and attempted murder after 42 years due to eyewitness misidentification, ineffective assistance of counsel and official misconduct.
[1][2][3] They are the first exonerees freed based on an investigation by a Conviction Integrity Unit in Florida.
[4][5][6][7] They were convicted only on the testimony of one of the victims Nina Marshall, who was shot alongside Jeanette Williams who was killed.
[8][9][10] Both men were exonerated after 42 years due to eyewitness misidentification, ineffective assistance of counsel and official misconduct.
[4][5][6][7] Only Hubert Nathan Myers is eligible for compensation for wrongful conviction due to Florida's "Clean Hands Provision" which only allows compensation if a person is "not convicted of another violent felony or more than one non-violent felonies.