| First Name | Kenneth |
| Last Name | Ireland |
| Year of Conviction | 1989 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2009 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Connecticut |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape and Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | White |
| Juvenile | Yes |
| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | No transcript |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Type of Forensic Evidence |
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| Types of Flawed Forensics |
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| Reason why invalid | (3) Incorrect frequency provided |
| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Fingerprints and hair excluded defendant. Serology was said to come from non-secretor, but due to masking and non-quantification, analyst presented incorrect statistic claiming to include defendant in 20% of the population that could have contributed to the sample |
| Jailhouse informant, Co-defendant, Incentivized Witness | IW |
| Highest level reached | Appeal |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | State v. Ireland, 590 A.2d 106 (Conn. 1991) |