- On Thanksgiving Day 1983, Baltimore teenagers Alfred Chestnut (16), Ransom Watkins (16) and Andrew Stewart (17) were arrested for murdering 14 year-old DeWitt Duckett.
- They were accused of shooting DeWitt over his Georgetown basketball jacket.
- The teens were convicted based on witness testimony and a Georgetown jacket discovered in Chestnut’s bedroom.
- Prosecutors ignored the jacket lacked blood or gunshot residue and the purchase receipt.
- A recent re-investigation uncovered evidence hiding and witness coercion.
- Despite release and apology, Maryland lacks formal compensation for wrongful convictions.
