Claim: Shareef Cousin's conviction and death sentence were overturned in 1998 after, during appeals, a number of instances of prosecutorial misconduct and suppression of exculpatory evidence, evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt, were discovered in the case.
Evidence: Cousin's conviction and death sentence were overturned in 1998. During appeals, a number of instances of prosecutorial misconduct and suppression of exculpatory evidence were discovered in the case. Exculpatory evidence is evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt.