Center on Wrongful Convictions

WILLIE RAINGE

Willie Rainge, one of the Ford Heights Four, was convicted of two murders he did not commit

Willie Rainge (Photo: Mary Hanlon)

Willie Raines (also known as Willie Rainge) was sentenced to life in prison for a rape and double murder he did not commit. He and his co-defendants — Kenneth Adams, Verneal Jimerson, and Dennis Williams — became known as the Ford Heights Four.

For a summary of the case see Kenneth Adams

For more about Rainge's second trial see Dennis Williams

For a more detailed general account see A Promise of Justice