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Before his release, Thibodeaux was confined to a six by nine foot cell, mostly in isolation. He was convicted in 1997 for raping and murdering his 14-year-old step cousin, Crystal Champagne, in Jefferson Parish. Thibodeaux said he falsely confessed after a nine hour interrogation. He said the real d
Date: Oct 01, 2012
Category: U.S.
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DNA Evidence Exonerates Man After 15 Years on Death Row at Angola
Damon Thibodeaux was sentenced to death for the New Orleans-area murder of his half-cousin Crystal Champagne based largely on his recanted confession. Thibodeaux spent 15 years in prison for the crime before his exoneration through DNA testing on September 28, 2012.Fourteen-year-old Crystal Champagne was last seen alive on the late afternoon of July 19, 1996, when she left the familys Westwego, Louisiana, apartment for a Winn-Dixie at the nearby strip mall. When she did not return home as expected, her family, several friends and law enforcement began a searc
was released at about 12:30 p.m. after spending 15 years on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, said Pam Laborde, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Corrections. Thibodeaux was sentenced to death by lethal injection for raping, beating and strangling Crystal Champagne.
Date: Sep 28, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Louisiana death row inmate 300th prisoner freed by DNA evidence
Thibodeaux, a deckhand, was convicted in 1997 and sentenced to death after he confessed to the July 19, 1996, rape and murder of his 14-year-old step-cousin, Crystal Champagne, in Westwego, a dozen miles southwest of New Orleans.