Gov. Sanders denies clemency to Charlie Vaughn, an innocent man who's been in prison for decades

Editor’s note: The following is a post from award-winning journalist Radley Balko’s website and newsletter, The Watch.

I have an unfortunate update on Charlie Vaughn, the Arkansas man who has spent the last 30 years in prison for a crime he almost certainly did not commit. I published a long investigation into Vaughn’s case just over a year ago to kick off my newsletter, The Watch.


A couple weeks ago, I reached out to Stuart Chanen, Vaughn’s attorney, to catch up on the case. Chanen and I finally connected yesterday. He told me that over the summer, he had sent Vaughn’s clemency petition to Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

It did not go well. But before I get to that, here are some of the key points from Vaughn’s case:

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