Lathierial Boyd

Lathierial Boyd is an African-American man from Chicago who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1990 and served 23 years in prison. His appeals were turned down. An investigation by WGN-TV television in 2001 helped document new evidence in his case.

A review by the Cook County State's Attorney office in 2012-13 found that the police work on his case was flawed. His conviction was overturned; Boyd was fully exonerated and freed in September 2013.

Background and case Lathierial Boyd was born and grew up in Chicago. He later admitted to having sold drugs when he was young, but put his life in order, becoming a successful realtor. At age 24, he had a loft in Chicago.

Boyd had a public defender. He agreed to a bench trial in October 1990 and was convicted by the judge, based on what the prosecution presented as eyewitness identification by Warner. Boyd's defense failed to make the case for him, to show that Warner could not have seen the shooter, to present his alibi, and other errors.

Boyd's case became more widely known in early 2015, when Zuley became the subject of international attention. The Guardian reported that he had served at Guantanamo Bay detention camp as a lieutenant in the US Navy Reserve, beginning in 2003. He was called into service to interrogate Mohamedou Ould Slahi, classified as a high-profile detainee. In January 2015, Slahi published his memoir, Guantanamo Diary in January 2015, which became an international bestseller. It included detailed descriptions of the various tortures he suffered, including psychological.