10 death row convicts found innocent after execution (With Pics)

9. Leo Jones

In 1981, Leo Jones was convicted of firing shots at a police cruiser, which left Officer Thomas Szafranski dead. Just minutes after the attack, police raided Jones’ apartment and arrested him and his cousin. The police claimed that he confessed to the crime; however, in 1997 a retired officer came forward to report that the “enforcer” beat and tortured Jones, making him give a false confession. Jones even claimed that the police forced him to play a game of Russian roulette with live rounds. Even though more than a dozen people implicated another man in the murder, and new evidence was unveiled that cast doubt on Jones’ guilt, his retrial was unsuccessful and he was executed by electric chair in 1998.