Michael Hash was 19 when a Culpeper County, Va., jury found him guilty of murder in 2001. The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project was following the case as Hash’s family unsuccessfully pursued appeals, and when the project saw a need for counsel with federal habeas experience, it turned to Hunton & Williams.
Partner Matthew Bosher and a team of attorneys and staff logged 2,600 hours on Hash’s petition. They re-investigated the crime and subsequent prosecution, Bosher said, uncovering what U.S. District Senior Judge James Turk would eventually call a “miscarriage of justice.” The charges were dropped in August.
