It was DuBoises trial prosecutor who filed a Motion to Mitigate the jailhouse informants sentence citing his total cooperation with the State in DuBoises trial. Good Luck Mr. DuBoise have a blessed life and enjoy every moment to the fullest. Image via AP. On Wednesday, they moved to free him after he spent 37 years behind bars. On October 22, the police brought DuBoise in at 2:00 a.m. and questioned him for about one hour. On Monday, a hearing before Hillsborough county judge Christopher Nash resulted in an order wiping away the convictions and life sentence, and removing DuBoise from the state sex offender registry. Its been amazing. Robert is related to Robert Eric Dubois and Mary Frances Dubois as well as 3 additional people. At a 2008 hearing, the Court Clerk testified that all the evidence admitted at DuBoises trial, which included the victims rape kit, were destroyed in 1990, just five years after his conviction. Souviron also allegedly said that If the detectives say he did it, I am going to go in there and say he did it., Souviron created a mold of DuBoises teeth using beeswax, which the complaint says was scientifically unreliable and only used because another officer in the Tampa Police Department operated a honey business on the side.. I am just so grateful that my voice was heard and the truth is out there, said DuBoise. Robert has always maintained his innocence and he has fought for decades to prove that he was wrongfully convicted, she said. DuBoise was released from prison on Aug. 27 after new DNA testing on evidence from the victims rape kit that was thought to have been destroyed, excluded him as the assailant and identified another individual. Although the jailhouse informant claimed to not have been given anything in exchange for his cooperation, he did receive a plea deal that reduced his potential life sentence to five years. 1:32. I always knew that DNA would prove my innocence and hoped that the evidence could be found not just for me, but for my family as well. The Innocence Project is affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. However, evidence on the case was presumed destroyedin 1990, apparently aspart of a routine process, Grayson Kamm, communications officer for the Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, said in a phone interview with Oxygen.com. His case is another example of the need to eliminate this Clean Hands Provision from Floridas Compensation law and provide access to fair and appropriate compensation for all of Floridas exonerees. One of them who was a major contributor of DNA on the samples meaning more of his genetic material was present is now considered a person of interest in the killing of Ms. Grams, who was found raped and beaten to death behind a Tampa dental office in 1983. There are really true-hearted people in these offices now, he said. Fraud Alert:We have heard that there are people who fraudulently represent themselves as working for the Innocence Project of Florida, promising legal representation in exchange for money. I cant get back the decades that I lost, but Im going to try to rebuild my life with my family. The states theory at trial was that on Aug. 18, 1983, DuBoise, his brother Victor DuBoise and friend Raymond Garcia sexually assaulted and killed a 19-year-old woman, though only DuBoise was arrested and prosecuted for these crimes. The Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in Florida had recently launched its Conviction Review Unit (CRU) and planned to review cases of possible wrongful conviction from the jurisdiction. Weve had an innocent man locked up for a crime that he did not commit, while the real perpetrator was never held accountable for this horrific murder, Andrew H. Warren, the state attorney in Hillsborough County, Fla., said Wednesday. Far right Republicans wanted him executed years ago. The Innocent project did their job. DuBoise appealed his case in 2006, hoping to prove his innocence with DNA evidence that couldn't be properly processed in the '80s,local station WTSP reports. DNA evidence proved Robert DuBoise, who was released from prison last month, did not commit 1983 crime. Robert DuBoise following his exoneration after 37 years on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in Tampa, Florida. He may be eligible for substantial compensation: in February, the state of Florida approved a $2 million compensation claim for a man whod been in prison since 1976 for a murder he didnt commit, CBS News reports. View Robert Roger Dubois results in Melbourne, FL including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Press "Enter" or click on the arrow to show results. Susan Friedman, an Innocence Project lawyer who represents Mr. DuBoise, said she told him on Monday that he had been cleared by DNA testing and was going to be set free. The informant denied obtaining any benefit in exchange for his testimony against DuBoise, but did admit that he considered one of the detectives to be a real good friend. Although the informant was potentially facing a life sentence for his other charges, he was given a plea deal with a sentence of five years. Today, it has finally succeeded.. In fact, the victims injury was not a human bitemark at all, Daniel Marshall, an attorney for the Human Rights Defense Center, wrote in the lawsuit. The only physical evidence implicating Mr. DuBoise was fabricated bite mark evidence that supposedly matched Mr. DuBoise to an injury on the victims body. Publisher: Peter Schorsch @PeterSchorschFL. Innocence Project Client Robert DuBoise Re (August 27, 2020 Tampa, Florida) Today. Burke, former Sgt. These people do not work for the Innocence Project of Florida. This is the first type of audit to be done by a CRU. In August 2006, DuBoise filed a motion for post-conviction DNA testing. No one else has been arrested for her murder. DuBoise maintained his innocence throughout his time in prison. He served three years on death row before the Florida Supreme Court vacated his death sentence. At the time, the inmate, who was facing a life sentence, claimed hed received no promises in exchange for testimony. The testimony of DuBoises fellow inmate was also called into doubt. Website by MADEO. Im not sure it can get any worse other than all the men that came before him and were executed. provided cannot be used for any unlawful purpose. In the federal lawsuit filed this week, DuBoises attorneys name as defendants the city of Tampa, four police investigators and a forensic dentist who testified a bite mark on Grams cheek was from DuBoise based on a faulty beeswax mold made of his teeth. Marshall provided support for the claim by quoting several lines from a speech Souviron gave just before DuBoises trial. A few weeks later on September 14, 2020, the court vacated his wrongful convictions and the State dropped the charges against Robert DuBoise in a virtual hearing, exonerating him after 37 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Find Robert Dubois's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. (Page 4) Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Robert DuBoise was convicted at a trial that relied on a testimony from an unreliable jailhouse informant and faulty bite-mark analysis. Prosecutors declined to reveal the persons identity but said he poses no threat to public safety.. On September 14, 2020, Robert DuBoise became the 30th person exonerated from Florida's death row. Phone: (727) 642-3162 The Innocence Project is advocating for legislation to remove this provision. Robert DuBoise is pictured on his bed at his new home in Tampa. While we rely on charitable donations to support our work, we never solicit money for our services from our clients. At his trial, in 1985, prosecutors said that Mr. DuBoise, his brother and a friend had been driving in Tampa when they saw Ms. Grams walking down the street, abducted her and raped and killed her. Following DuBoises exoneration last year, Souviron told the Tampa Bay Times that he wouldnt be so adamant about his guilt if given another opportunity to testify. As a result, the judge denied his request to test the other biological evidence and agreed on the States theory that excluding Robert from the evidence would still not prove his innocence. They punish the innocent while allowing the actual perpetrator to go free. Address: 204 37th Avenue North #182 A free man for the first time since he was a teenager, Mr. DuBoise must now put his life back together after almost 40 years in prison, the lawsuit says. The case against DuBoise was weak from the start. The Conviction Review Unit will continue to work with the court to finish exonerating DuBoise,Hall said in a phone interview with Oxygen.com. During the re-investigation, Dr. Adam Freeman, a forensic odontologist, reviewed the bite mark evidence and testimony in this case. Find Robert Dubois's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. The Innocence Project began investigating DuBoises case in 2018 and in 2019 and requested that the CRU reopen the case based on new evidence about the jailhouse informant and concerns about the discredited bite mark evidence. The informant was facing multiple life sentences for kidnapping, armed robbery and battery of a law enforcement officer. DNA testing of the samples confirmed what Mr. DuBoise had long said: that he was not responsible for the rape and murder of the woman, Barbara Grams, 19, prosecutors said. The state took 37 years away from Robert, Friedman said. The murder will return to the unsolved file. Beyond that, wrongful convictions threaten public safety, putting an innocent person behind bars while the actual person who committed the crime goes free, Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren said. Born in Manchester, NH on November 18, 1952, Robert was a son of the late Robert and Irene (Delisle) Dubois. By 2018, it was well known that bite mark evidence had led to wrongful convictions. The dentist was Dr. Richard Souviron, who gained notoriety as an expert after testifying in the murder trial of serial killer Ted Bundy that one of his Florida victims had a bite mark that matched his teeth. However, years of research have wholly undermined this assertion. In 1988, the Florida Supreme Court changed the sentence to life in prison. DuBoise, who had never been convicted of a violent crime, fully cooperated with police and allowed them to take a mold of his teeth. And a dental expert cited by the Innocence Project found that the injury on Ms. Gramss cheek was not a bite mark at all, Mr. Warren said. 0:00. Despite testimony that the informant did not work as a cooperating informant, the CRUs re-investigation revealed that the jailhouse informant was, in fact, an informant; that he had provided information on other murders and rapes in the Tampa Bay area; and that one of the detectives was the informants handler. Additionally, a memorandum from the State Attorneys file that was disclosed during the Innocence Project and CRUs joint post-conviction re-investigation indicated that the jailhouse informant strongly inferred that he was looking for a sentence reduction in exchange for his cooperation with law enforcement and the prosecutor on the DuBoise case. They have also lived in Indialantic, FL and Fort Myers, FL. 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At DuBoises trial, the jailhouse informant explained that he was testifying for two reasons: (1) he did not condone forcing a woman to do anything; and (2) he did not want Robert to take the whole blame for the crime. Robert DuBoise, 55, meets reporters with his sister Harriet, left, and mother Myra, outside the Hardee county correctional institute after his release on 27 August in Hardee county, Florida. Souviron famously helped authorities convict Ted Bundy for the 1979 murder of Lisa Levy based on the bite mark the notorious serial killer left on the victims buttocks. Robert DuBoise was convicted of the 1983 killing of Barbara Grams after a forensic dentist testified regarding a faulty beeswax mold. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! This directly contradicted the Assistant State Attorneys statement to the jury that the informant was in prison and that he would be going right back to prison to finish serving his sentence. However, evidence on the case was presumed destroyedin 1990, apparently aspart of a routine process, Grayson Kamm, communications officer for the Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, said in a phone interview with Oxygen.com. Robert DuBoise hugging his mother Myra DuBoise following his release from prison after 37 years on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 in Bowling Green, Florida. A free man for the first time since he was a teenager, Mr. DuBoise must now put his life back together after almost 40 years in prison, the lawsuit says. The Conviction Review Unit (CRU) at the Office of the State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit has announced that in light of the clear injustice that occurred in this case and the discreditation of bite mark analysis as a reliable scientific technique, they will collaborate with the Innocence Project to review Hillsborough County cases that utilized bite mark evidence to secure a conviction. 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