Tyrone Noling has steadfastly maintained his innocence since being convicted of the 1990 murders of Bearnhardt and Cora Hartig. The state’s case was problematic from the start — no physical evidence tied Noling to the crime scene — and has only become spottier. He was largely convicted, in a 1993 trial, based on the testimony of his three co-defendants, all of whom have since recanted, and sentenced to death.
His battle for exoneration has bounced around the legal system for nearly three decades, with the most recent entry two years ago when the Ohio Supreme Court ruled against allowing new DNA testing on shell casings and ring boxes collected at the scene.
The Ohio Innocence Project has previously identified two possible alternate suspects from the case, and in-depth investigations from both Scene and the Plain Dealer have raised serious questions about the conviction.
Noling’s case will be featured on the season premiere of HLN’s Death Row Stories on April 19 on CNN.
“’The Lost Boy’ tells the story of a former trouble-maker sitting on Ohio death row for killing an elderly couple, while a desperate team of journalists, attorneys, and former law enforcement make the case for his innocence,” the press release teases.
This article appears in Apr 8-14, 2020.
Just watched the show…I’m outraged…this is not justice….this is BS!!
Reopen this obviously flawed conviction!!!
I just finished watching this episode involving Tyrone, I don’t understand how the supreme court can live with themselves. If they are so sure they have the person what or who would it hurt if they tested for DNA?
This is injustice of the worst kind.
This case needs to be reopened and a new trial needs to happen.
This is disgusting.
Just watched the episode and it’s a disgrace to the justice system that the case has not been reopened- shame on them. Everyone needs to write to the Ohio Supreme Court now. There is an innocent man in jail on death row for almost 30 years and this is an outrage. God help us all if this is the justice system.
Unbelievable! Shame on the courts! What a disgrace to society! How can you people even sleep at night ? Shame on you, YOU WILL answer for your actions come judgement day by the only TRUE judge.
At the end of the day these guys were burglars so society was better off with them off the street. They made a choice to break the law so sometimes bad things do happen to bad people.
Has anyone tried a change.org for Tyrone Noling? This sounds like a perfect avenue to push for change.
Shameful. The prosecutor and investigator are the ones who should be on death row
I’m totally at a loss to understand why the rush to injustice??
After all these decades one would think that the investigator and prosecutor would be over the top thrilled to show how right they were and still are!
Something here is obviously being swept under the carpet simply for whatever egos they have?
I really expected to see that Mr. Noling is now a Free Man based mainly upon the testimony of the Truck Driver.
It’s just unconscionable that a Man can continue to rot in a jail cell when it seems that re-examining the Case is the Honorable thing to do. Obviously we are not all built the same when this Prosecutor and Detective (so called) can sleep at night and that their egos and Pride are more worth preserving than the life of a Human Being. Ultimately this injustice will be made right, whether in this life or the next, I pray for Mr. Noling.