The Truth is evident.

Today, Andrew’s case is at a standstill due to the denial of his motion to request a new trial. He has, however, been back to court twice on appeal and in this process, he has seen his sentence modified and then later re-modified back to the trial judge’s original mandate. Additionally, a private investigator accumulated several affidavits of favorable evidence on Andrew’s behalf, as well as discovered favorable evidence that was left at the scene of the crimes but never made known to the defense or introduced at his trial.

DNA profiles discovered in the 2012 testing have never been litigated, nor run through CODIS. A match would reveal who truly committed the crime. Moreover, new technological advancements enable DNA testing of the ligature and entangled necklace that were used to murder the victim. Given the aforementioned innocence claims, and the fact that the person who committed this murder must have left DNA on the ligature and/or the necklace, DNA exclusion in this case would certainly be outcome determinative. Faarooq is seeking legal counsel to assist with getting the DNA into CODIS, motioning for further DNA testing, and for bringing the case before new Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack’s recently established Conviction Integrity Unit, which plans on accepting cases in 2023.