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Did Police Use a Blind Eyewitness to Convict an Innocent Man?

BLIND JUSTICE

The only eyewitness to testify at the murder trial was blind. Another witness has recanted his testimony. Anthony Sanborn Jr. is still serving 70 years for a murder he says he never committed.

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The only eyewitness to give testimony at Anthony Sanborn Jr.’s murder trial was legally blind. Prosecutors had no physical evidence linking Sanborn to the crime.

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