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DNA test could bring answers, closure to family of Sedley Alley

By , Daily Memphian Updated: October 13, 2019 10:18 PM CT | Published: October 13, 2019 7:05 PM CT

A hearing at 201 Poplar will decide if DNA evidence can be used to determine guilt in the 1985 murder of Suzanne Collins. If Sedley Alley, the man convicted and executed is cleared, "then God help them," says former death row inmate Kirk Bloodsworth. "You can't free a man from the grave." 

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Innocence Project Kirk Bloodsworth millington Sedley Alley Suzanne Collins

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Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.

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