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Along with another’s man confession, there are plenty of other glaring red flags that raise questions about Cleveland “Christopher” Bynum’s guilt. Bynum is serving a 300-year sentence for five Gary murders.
Christopher'Bynum, convicted of the murders of five people in Indiana, is in jail despite someone else confessing, his lawyers have said. Bynum says his confession was coerced
Between securing a grant to create a program to educate police officers on wrongful convictions to providing financial assistance to exonerees, the CJPA is striving to eliminate flaws in the
CROWN POINT â A judge denied a petition for post-conviction relief Monday for a man serving a 300-year prison sentence for the murders of five people in Gary in 2000 he now says he didn't commit. New evidence introduced during several hearings last year for Cleveland C. Bynum, 42, was not credible and likely could not be reproduced if a new trial were to be granted, Lake Criminal Court Judge Natalie Bokota wrote. Bynum confessed in February 2000 to three of the five homicides and gave a conflicting statement about the remaining two homicides, according to court records. He was convicted ...
A man sentenced to 300 years in prison for murdering five people in 2000 who sought post-conviction relief will remain in jail.