The Brief
- Brandon Pugh was fully exonerated last Wednesday after serving 16 years in prison for a 2008 Douglas County bank robbery he did not commit.
- A formal investigation by the Douglas County District Attorney’s Justice Integrity Unit proved that an absolute exculpatory timeline made it impossible for Pugh to be the suspect.
- Conclusive forensic re-testing by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation determined that red stains on Pugh’s hands and trash can were completely unrelated to bank security dye.
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. – A wrongfully convicted man is free after Douglas County District Attorney Dahlia Racine secured the total exoneration of Brandon Pugh, who spent 16 years in prison for an armed bank robbery he did not commit.
What we know:
Douglas County Superior Court Judge Vaughn Wallace granted an emergency motion for a new trial last Wednesday, completely dismissing all charges against Brandon Pugh and ordering his record cleared. The historic decision came after the Douglas County District Attorney’s Justice Integrity Unit, launched originally in 2021, took over the full investigation into Pugh’s claims this past January.…