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Kentucky man ‘framed’ by cops in ‘satanic’ murder awarded $24.35M — as real killer still on the loose

Nypost · · 491 words · By Chris Bradford
Judicial Redress Wrongful Conviction Police misconduct
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A Kentucky man sentenced to life behind bars after being wrongfully convicted over the “satanic killing” of a teen girl 30 years ago has been awarded a record $24.35 million payout.”
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The provided evidence for claim 0 consists of unrelated articles about Philadelphia crimes, Brazilian cartels, and a different wrongful conviction in Elkhart. No evidence was found confirming the $24.35 million payout for Jeffrey Clark.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The murder of David Knapps (December 8, 1950 — December 28, 1999), a corrections officer, occurred on December 28, 1999, at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. On that date, a group…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_David_Knapps
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Bossert Clark (born April 17, 1967) is an American lawyer who served as the acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget from…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Clark
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Jeffrey Clark letter was a draft letter that falsely claimed the Department of Justice had been investigating "various irregularities in the 2020 election." Joe Biden won the election on November…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Clark_letter
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“Jeffrey Clark accused cops and a former coroner of conspiring to wrongfully imprison him for 22.5 years”
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CBS News reports that Jeffrey Dewayne Clark was released in August 2016 after serving 'more than 20 years'. Combined with the 1995 conviction date, this corroborates the duration of imprisonment.
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web search NEUTRAL — A man, held captive for no apparent reason for years, is given a cell phone, money and expensive clothes and released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG0tTu9YMo0
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web search NEUTRAL — «In 12 Years a Slave, a broken Christianity».
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/
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web search NEUTRAL — Appearing on 'The Daily Beast Podcast', Michael Wolff asserted that Melania Trump was 'very involved' in Jeffrey Epstein’s elite social circuit.
https://news.meaww.com/melania-was-very-involved-in-epsteins…
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“He and his pal Keith Hardin were convicted in 1995 of killing Rhonda Sue Warford, 19, who was Hardin’s girlfriend.”
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Multiple independent sources (Justia, The Courier-Journal/Louisville, and CBS News) confirm that Jeffrey Clark and Garr Keith Hardin were convicted in 1995 of murdering Rhonda Sue Warford.
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2018, Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Clark were exonerated in the stabbing death of Rhonda Sue Warford after lawyers presented DNA and other evidence casting doubt on the 1995 murder conviction of t…
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/us/louisville-wrongful-mu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Dewayne Clark had their convictions in Meade County vacated in 2016 based on the DNA testing, as well as evidence of police misconduct. They were released from prison in …
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charges-dropped-against-men-jai…
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web search NEUTRAL — In 1995, Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Clark were convicted of murdering Rhonda Sue Warford based on forensic evidence and witness testimonies. Robert Thurman, a forensic serologist, testified that a …
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca6/24…
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“Warford was found dead in a field and covered in stab wounds after she left her Louisville home just after midnight on April 2, 1992.”
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AP News confirms the victim had stab wounds. Eassurvey's Weblog confirms she was reported missing on April 2, 1992, after leaving her home. CBS News confirms she was 19 years old.
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web search NEUTRAL — She had stab wounds on her hands, which prosecutors theorized were defensive injuries sustained in trying to fight off the attack. A medical examiner found a tattoo of an inverted cross on Warford’s l…
https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-louisville-b90255485a4c4…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hardin and Clark were convicted in 1995 of killing 19-year-old Rhonda Sue Warford, and sentenced to life in prison. On Monday, Meade County Circuit Judge Bruce Butler dismissed the 1992 murder indictm…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charges-dropped-against-men-jai…
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web search NEUTRAL — A. Factual background On April 2, 1992, Rhonda Sue Warford was reported missing by her mother. The Louisville police learned from the mother that Warford had recently dated Garr Keith Hardin, and that…
https://eassurvey.wordpress.com/category/rhonda-sue-warford/
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“Police had claimed they found a fingerprint belonging to Warford in his car.”
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The provided evidence does not explicitly mention a fingerprint in the car; it mentions a hair found at the crime scene (Justia) and general conviction details, but no specific corroboration for the fingerprint claim is present in the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Warford’s body was found tattooed with an inverted cross and wearing red sweat pants, a color which Hardin acknowledged was “a big color in this Satanism stuff.”Hardin and Clark were convicted in 1995…
https://eassurvey.wordpress.com/category/rhonda-sue-warford/
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web search NEUTRAL — find claims like that profound.
https://journal.sjdm.org/15/15923a/jdm15923a.html
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“Investigators seized evidence from Hardin’s home, including a blood-soaked cloth and broken glass.”
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The evidence provided for this claim is entirely irrelevant, referring to a children's graphic novel series called 'InvestiGators'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The goofy graphic novel series that follows the super spy alligator duo the InvestiGators as they travel through the sewers and fight the forces of evil.
https://investigatorsbooks.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — This goofy graphic novel series follows the super spy alligator duo the InvestiGators as they travel through the sewers and fight the forces of evil. Meet the InvestiGators.
https://bookroo.com/books/series/investigators
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 25, 2020 · With their Very Exciting Spy Technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, …
https://www.amazon.com/InvestiGators-John-Patrick-Green/dp/1…
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“Their convictions were overturned in 2016.”
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CBS News explicitly states that convictions were vacated in 2016. The Courier-Journal mentions they were exonerated in 2018 (likely referring to the final legal resolution or civil suit), but the 2016 date for the vacating of convictions is corroborated by CBS.
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web search NEUTRAL — After a defendant is convicted, the court determines the appropriate sentence as a punishment. In addition to the sentence, a conviction can also have other consequences, known as collateral consequen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction
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web search NEUTRAL — A conviction is a strong belief or opinion. It is our firm conviction that a step forward has been taken. Their religious convictions prevented them from taking up arms.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/convict…
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web search NEUTRAL — With an indifference to criminal intent, prosecutors pursue every tactic that still leads to convictions.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/convi…
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“Clark alleged that ex-Meade County Sheriff Joseph Greer and former coroner Bill Adams manipulated Warford’s date of death.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries for the name 'Jeffrey' and information about Jeffrey Epstein, which are completely irrelevant to the case.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried). [1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_(given_name)
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web search NEUTRAL — 15 hours ago · Jeffrey Epstein (1953–2019) was an American financier and convicted sex offender who, through his finance career, developed a wide social circle that included the rich and powerful. He …
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jeffrey-Epstein
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The name Jeffrey is a boy's name of German, English origin meaning "pledge of peace". The mostly Americanized version of Geoffrey was a trendy mid-century hit, with nickname Jeff the epit…
https://nameberry.com/b/boy-baby-name-jeffrey
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“Adams used white-out to change the date of Warford’s death to April 2 to bypass Clark’s alibi, even though medical examiners suggested Warford likely died between April 4 and 5.”
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