2 Quotes & Sayings By Joe Klaas

Joe Klaas was the oldest living exonerated death row inmate when he was released from prison in 2002. He was convicted of murder in 1967 for the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, Sylvia Likens, who also lost her life in the shooting. He was exonerated by DNA evidence in October 1990. Klaas spent nearly forty years on death row; seven years of his imprisonment were spent in solitary confinement.