Content advisory: discussion includes sexual assault and the 1975 murder of 3‑year‑old Christopher Harper in Richmond, Virginia. Host Catie Beck speaks with Innocence Project co‑founder Peter Neufeld about Marvin Grimm’s coerced confession, later DNA testing and his 2024 exoneration.
RICHMOND, Va. — In the latest episode of “Untold — A WTVR Podcast,” host Catie Beck talks with Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the Innocence Project who served as lead counsel for Marvin Grimm, a Richmond man who spent decades in prison for a crime he did not commit.
Grimm was exonerated in 2024 in the 1975 murder of Christopher Harper, who was 3 at the time. Grimm initially confessed to the crime, but later said he only did so after a 10-hour police interrogation during which he said officers threatened him with the death penalty…