Nick Yarris

Nick Yarris
Born 1961 (age 55–56)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Residence Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Nationality American
Occupation Delivery Driver
Known for Wrongly convicted of murder

Nick Yarris (born 1961) is an American writer and professional speaker, who spent 23 years on Death Row after he was wrongly convicted of murder.[1]

Yarris was stopped by the police in 1981 in his native Pennsylvania whilst he was in a stolen car and under the influence of drugs. To try and get out of jail time, he named a former drug-addict friend (who he thought had died) as the suspect in the rape and murder of Linda May Craig. When that friend turned up alive and with no involvement in Craig's murder, Yarris became the number-one suspect.[2]

Following a brief trial, Yarris was sentenced to death in 1982 and sent to Death Row.[3] In 2003, DNA evidence proved that he had not committed the crime[4] and in 2004, he was released.

He has lived in the UK since 2005, after marrying his second wife, Karen Karbritz. However, he moved back to the USA with his third wife, Jessica Stubley, but has since returned to the UK living with his fourth wife, Laura Thompson.

He is the subject of the documentary The Fear of 13, and the author of the best selling biography Seven Days to Live My Life [5] and the 2013 follow up Seven Days to Love.[6] However his second book was removed from sale due to legal action taken against him. He recently released a third book which has numerous negative reviews on Amazon. He is also currently working on another book project, a large motion picture and the follow-up to The Fear of Thirteen, as revealed in a podcast hosted by Brian, a Youtuber who goes by "The True Geordie" on the website.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "American, 51, cleared of rape and murder after spending 20 years on death row starts new life in Britain with barmaid fiancee, 23, after they met through Facebook". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. ↑ Machell, Ben (12 November 2016). "I spent 22 years on Death Row - I was innocent". The Times. The Times Magazine (72066): 34–69. ISSN 0140-0460.
  3. ↑ "Death Penalty: Nicholas Yarris spent 22 years on death row for a murder he didn’t commit". The Times Herald. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  4. ↑ Cacciottolo, Mario (2016-11-16). "Nick Yarris: 'How I survived 22 years on death row'". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  5. ↑ "Archives - Philly.com". articles.philly.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  6. ↑ Yarris, Nick (2013). Seven Days to Love. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781492752400.
  7. ↑ The True Geordie (2017-03-02), INNOCENT ON DEATH ROW: THE FEAR OF 13 | True Geordie Podcast #22, retrieved 2017-05-20
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