STATEMENT BY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED, INC.
Families of the Wrongfully Convicted, Attorney Justin Bonus and co-founder Derrick Hamilton applaud New Jersey State Attorney General Gubrir Grewal and his colleagues in the Statewide Conviction Review Unit vacating the conviction of Taron Hill, who was wrongfully convicted of a murder that his brother committed in Camden, NJ. In 2004. He was released on Friday, July 9, 2021, in Camden, NJ.
Hill has served 14 years of a 60-year sentence imposed in 2007, even though Hill’s older brother had admitted that he was the shooter. It was a double homicide in which two innocent bystanders were killed. He was identified by a woman who was a drug addict through a single photograph. Even though she had named another man as the person she saw, not Taron. The only other pieces of evidence against Taron are jailhouse informants, who both have recanted.
Almost immediately after Taron’s conviction, family members came forward and told authorities and the court that Anthony confessed. Now the NJ AG’s Office, in their first case that they have handled, are vacating this conviction.
Attorney Justin Bonus and Derrick Hamilton said, “The New Jersey Attorney General has proven that transparency and cooperation with defense lawyers and family members can actually result in justice. Other states and municipalities across the country can learn from the integrity shown by New Jersey State Attorney General Gubrir Grewal and his colleagues in the Statewide Conviction Review Unit. It does not have to remain an adversarial relationship. In fact, justice is served when it is a cooperative effort.”
Notice of Motion for a New Trial HILL CRU
State’s Response Brief to Defendant’s Motion for New Trial (McBride)
