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His sister, Betty Anne Waters, put herself through college and law school for the sole purpose of helping her brother. She worked tirelessly with the Innocence Project to bring about his exoneration in 2001. On the morning of May 21, 1980, Katherina Reitz Brow was murdered in her Massachusetts home.
18 mars 2020 · Kenneth Waters and his sister, Betty Ann Waters. On the morning of May 21, 1980, 48-year-old Katharina Reitz Brow was stabbed to death in her home in Ayer, Massachusetts, about 40 miles northwest of Boston. Her body was found at 10:45 a.m. by her daughter-in-law, who quickly called the Ayer Police Department.
15 oct. 2010 · His sister never believed he did it. Betty Ann said that Kenny was the life of the party, and admits he was a troublemaker. But in her heart she knew he was not a killer. So Betty Ann, a...
- I. New Statutory Framework For Evidence Preservation
- II. Regulations to Implement Evidence Preservation
- III. Conclusion
As Kenneth Waters’s story demonstrates, one of the greatest roadblocks for defendants seeking to prove that they were wrongfully convicted is the difficulty in locating and obtaining access to the biological or physical materials necessary to demonstrate their innocence. This phenomenon is not limited to Massachusetts. For example, the CardozoLawSc...
As mentioned above, the Act delegates the responsibility for regulating the retention and preservation of evidence and biological material, “in a manner that is reasonably designed to preserve the evidence and biological material and to prevent its destruction or deterioration,” to the director of the State Police Crime Lab. Id. § 16. The Act gives...
By creating an obligation for the Commonwealth to retain and preserve material from criminal investigations, Massachusetts’s Post-Conviction Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis Act provides a tool to help solve future cases, as well as to rectify – and shorten the duration of – miscarriages of justice. This tool is likely to become more powe...
15 déc. 2009 · Waters’ sister, Betty Anne, never gave up hope. A mother of two with a GED who worked as a waitress and bar-tender, she served as a paralegal for her brother’s attorneys and put herself through law school. She began representing Waters, and located the blood evidence from the crime scene in a box in a courthouse basement. She ...
A film about his wrongful conviction and his sister Betty Anne Waters’ fight to free him is currently. in production. Starring two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank as Betty Anne, the film will tell the incredible story of her struggle and dedication to free her wrongfully imprisoned brother.
18 mai 2016 · The estate, headed by Waters’ sister, Betty Ann Waters, is still in negotiations with one final insurer. Kenneth Waters was convicted in 1983 of first degree murder and armed robbery. He remained wrongfully incarcerated until his sister Betty Ann Waters became a lawyer and fought to free her brother by means of DNA testing. The ...
