Ron
Keine
BERNALILLO
COUNTY, NM2 YEARS IN PRISON.
ALL ON DEATH ROW;
EXONERATED IN 1976
Ron Keine, center, 73,
was one of four men
wrongfully convicted
and sentenced to
death for the kidnap-
ping, rape, and murder
of a University of New
Mexico student in 1974.
The Detroit News
found that prosecu-
tors coerced testimony
from a key witness, a
motel housekeeper
who later recanted her
statement. Keine was
released after a murder
weapon was traced to
a drifter who admitted
to the killing. A pros-
ecutor was disbarred
and three detectives
were fired because of
their actions.