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A high-school dropout went to Law School and became a lawyer to prove her brother’s innocence in court

Kenny Waters was considered guilty of murder, until he was finally proven innocent by his little sister. He was thought to have stabbed a woman by the name of Katherina Reitz Brow more than 30 times in order to steal her jewelry and cash on the morning of May 21 1980. He received a life sentence. This prompted his sister to sentence herself to proving his innocence.

She put herself through college and law school in order to help with her brother’s case. In 2001, she teamed up with the Innocence Project; an initiative designed to exonerate those who have been wrongfully convicted. They found DNA evidence which conclusively proved that Waters could not have committed the murder.

He was exonerated in May of 2001; 18 years after his conviction. Sadly, he passed away only six months after his release. 

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