At the time of Broadwater’s exoneration on Nov. 22, he told the Associated Press, “I never, ever, ever thought I would see the day that I would be exonerated.”
In her memoir Lucky, Sebold recalled being raped and beaten in a tunnel in Thornden Park near Syracuse University, where she was a student. Though it was dark at the time of her assault, she thought she saw her rapist a few months later and reported the encounter to police.
Detectives later asked Sebold if she could identify her assailant in a police lineup, which included Broadwater, who authorities suspected of the rape. Despite the fact that Sebold did not pick out Broadwater in the lineup, prosecutors took him to trial, and Sebold testified.
Her testimony and microscopic hair analysis, a science that has since been deemed unreliable, played a large role in Broadwater’s conviction.
Lucky was going to be turned into a feature film but Variety reported the project is no longer in the works. The film’s director and screenwriter, Karen Moncreiff‘s, rep said she had no comment at this time.
