Exonerate Dustin Turner Now
Thirty years after his conviction, the fight for complete exoneration continues.
31
YEARS TAKEN
2008
NO ABDUCTION FOUND
TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY
Two Navy SEAL trainees. One murdered woman. Two convictions—and a confession that changed the story. Target of Opportunity examines the 1995 murder of Jennifer Evans and the case against Dustin Turner and Billy Joe Brown..
THE CASE
Two convictions. One confession. Serious unanswered questions.
THE DOCUMENTARY
Watch the evidence. Decide for yourself.
COMPLETE EXONERATION
Released but not exonerated.
WHY EXONERATION STILL MATTERS
A COURT RULED NO ABDUCTION. THE CONSEQUENCES REMAIN.
Billy Brown confessed that he acted alone and Dustin Turner tried to stop him. In 2008, a court ruled there had been no abduction. Yet Dustin Turner remains a convicted murderer based on an abduction that never happened.
THE RESCUE CONTINUES
✓ The murder conviction remains
✓ Sex- offender registration remains
✓ His name remains uncleared
IN THE FILM
✓ Brown’s confession
✓ The forensic evidence
✓ The 2008 hearing
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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CASE
WHY DOES DUSTIN STILL NEED EXONERATION?
Release on parole did not erase Dustin’s convictions. He remains convicted of murder and must register as a sex offender because of the abduction conviction.
WHAT DID THE 2008 HEARING ESTABLISH?
The circuit court found Brown credible when he testified that he acted alone and that Turner did not murder or restrain Jennifer Evans, and she was already dead when they drove away.
WHY WERE THE CONVICTIONS LEFT IN PLACE?
Later appellate courts ruled that Turner had not met Virginia’s demanding standard for a writ of actual innocence: The convictions therefore remained in place.
WHY MUST TURNER REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER?
Virginia classifies his abduction conviction as a registerable sex offense. Although the 2008 court found no abduction, the conviction – and the registration requirement – remain.
WHAT WOULD COMPLETE EXONERATION MEAN?
Complete exoneration would overturn Turner’s remaining convictions, clear his name, and end the sex-offender registration requirement.
READY TO SEE THE EVIDENCE?