Montoyae Dontae Sharpe Pardoned After 24 Years in Prison for Murder He Did Not Commit

Written By Madelyn S

Daily Beast, November 13, 2021: Montoyae Dontae Sharpe Pardoned After 24 Years in Prison for Murder He Did Not Commit

“Montoyae Dontae Sharpe, who spent 24 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, has been pardoned. The North Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 after a ‘key witness,’ named Charlene Johnson, lied on the stand and said she had witnessed Sharpe murder George Radcliffe. According to the New York Times, Johnson later said she had made up the story and was ‘not present at the time of the shooting.’ Johnson, who was 15 at the time, reportedly pieced together her story based on ‘what she saw on television and what investigators told her.’

Additional reading:

BBC News, November 14, 2021: Dontae Sharpe: 'My 26-year fight to prove my innocence'

The Urban News, July 15, 2021: Why Hasn’t Dontae Sharpe Been Granted a Pardon of Innocence by Now?

CNN, November 11, 2021: A man has spent 43 years in prison for a triple murder. He says he's innocent and prosecutors agree

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