Breakthrough case for the Hawaii Chapter (2011)
Alvin J. (from Maui): In jail for 20 years on a rape conviction –based mostly on faulty eyewitness identification
Rape took place in the victim’s home in a dark room on a chair covered with a cloth
The Innocence Project was able to obtain the cloth (stored in an evidence locker on Maui for 20 years)
DNA testing done on 4 spots of biological material found on cloth
Male DNA, but not Alvin’s
Conviction set aside, mostly based on DNA evidence