A New Jersey man has walked free Friday after spending the last 16 years behind bars for a double homicide he didn’t commit.
In 2006, Taron Hill was convicted of shooting dead two women, Robin Battie and Tinesha Lewis in Camden.
The 34-year-old’s attorney requested a conviction review in 2019 leading to his conviction being dismissed.
“This is an important milestone for the Conviction Review Unit we established two years ago,” AG Gurbir Grewal said.
“We are committed to ensuring that our criminal justice system operates fairly and justly for all people.”
Hill’s lawyer Justin Bonus said that his client is “ecstatic because he is actually innocent” describing the AG’s work in the case as a “model.”
“The system as flawed as it was in putting him in prison, it worked to get him out.”
