Nick Yarris

Nick Yarris
Yarris in 2023
Born
Nicholas James Yarris

(1961-05-18) May 18, 1961
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Known forDNA exoneration after 22 years of wrongful imprisonment on death row
Criminal chargesKidnapping, rape, first degree murder
Criminal penaltyDeath by lethal injection
Criminal statusReleased (exonerated)

Nicholas James Yarris (born May 18, 1961) is an American writer and storyteller who spent 22 years on death row in Pennsylvania after being wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. Yarris was exonerated by DNA testing in 2003. He was released in prison in 2004 after a separate 30-year sentence he received in Florida for lesser crimes committed after he escaped from custody in 1985 was reduced to time served.

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