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- The Norfolk Four are four former United States Navy sailors: Joseph J. Dick Jr., Derek Tice, Danial Williams, and Eric C. Wilson, who were wrongfully convicted of the 1997 rape and murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko while they were stationed at Naval Station Norfolk. They each declared that they had made false confessions, and their convictions are considered highly controversial. A fifth man, Omar Ballard, confessed and pleaded guilty to the crime in 2000, insisting that he had acted alone. He had been in prison since 1998 because of violent attacks on two other women in 1997. He was the only one of the suspects whose DNA matched that collected at the crime scene, and whose confession was consistent with other forensic evidence. Nearly ten years later, after the four recanted their confessions and entered years of appeals, they gained support for a clemency campaign and received conditional pardons in 2009 from then-Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. New exculpatory evidence was found after that and the Norfolk Four were exonerated in 2017, receiving absolute pardons by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe. In December 2018, they received a combined settlement of $4.9 million from the City of Norfolk and $3.5 million from the State of Virginia for their wrongful convictions. These four were among a total of eight men whom the Norfolk Police indicted and initially prosecuted as suspects in what the prosecution said was a multiple offender crime. Three men, named by others from the four, were released and their charges dismissed, because of lack of evidence against them. Omar Ballard, a man who had an independent association with the Boskos, was the last arrested for this crime in March 1999 after it was found his DNA matched that at the crime scene, and was the only match made. He confessed in March and April 1999 and insisted that he committed the rape and murder of Moore-Bosko by himself, but the prosecution continued to press the theory of a group crime. In 2000, Ballard pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 100 years in prison, 59 of which were suspended by the court. Forensic evidence is consistent with his account that there were no other participants. Each of the Norfolk Four had confessed to the police about these crimes, but later recanted their confessions, saying they had been threatened and coerced by Norfolk detectives, and their confessions were false. Williams and Dick pleaded guilty to rape and murder before trial, under threat of receiving the death penalty. Dick testified for the state in trials in 1999 and 2000 against the other two defendants. Each of their DNA was excluded from matching that collected in evidence from the scene. As there was virtually no physical evidence against them, Wilson and Tice were convicted by juries based on their confessions. With the plea deals and trial, Tice, Williams, and Dick, were convicted of both rape and capital murder, and sentenced to one or more life sentences without the possibility of parole (LWOP). Wilson was acquitted of murder but convicted of rape; he was sentenced and served 8½ years in prison. (en)
- Les Quatre de Norfolk (en anglais : Norfolk Four) sont quatre hommes — Derek Tice, Danial Williams, Joseph J. Dick Jr. et Eric C. Wilson — condamnés en 1999 pour le viol et le meurtre de Michelle Moore-Bosko en 1997 à Norfolk, en Virginie. Les condamnations étaient contestables car les quatre hommes ont avoué sous la menace de la peine de mort s'ils ne plaidaient pas coupables. Des organisations telles que l'Innocence Project ont protesté contre ces condamnations prétextant une erreur judiciaire. Dans l'enquête, un cinquième homme, Omar Ballard, a également été reconnu coupable du crime et condamné. Ce dernier est le seul dont l'ADN correspond à celui retrouvé sur les lieux du crime.Il a avoué avoir commis le crime seul. Un juge fédéral a statué en 2016 que les Quatre de Norfolk étaient innocents. (fr)
- 诺福克四人（英語：Norfolk Four，或译诺福克四水兵）是指四名美国海军退伍军人，他们分别是小约瑟夫·J·迪克（Joseph J. Dick Jr），德里克·泰斯（Derek Tice），丹尼尔·威廉姆斯（Danial Williams），埃里克·c·威尔逊（Eric C. Wilson），他们因为被指控1997年在弗吉尼亚州諾福克强奸谋杀米歇尔·摩尔-博斯科（Michelle Moore-Bosko）而知名，1999年和2000年四人被错判有罪。他们都宣称自己是虚假认罪，对四人的定罪被认为是有争议的。第五人奥马尔·巴拉德（Omar Ballard），于2000年认罪，并坚称自己为单独犯罪，因为1997年他对另外2名妇女的暴力袭击，他于1998年入狱，他也是唯一一名DNA与犯罪现场收集的DNA相匹配的嫌疑人，并且其供述与其他法医证据相一致。 在认罪近10年后，四人撤回了自己的供词，并开始上诉，他们获得了一场赦免运动的支持，并于2009年获得弗吉尼亚州州长的有条件赦免。之后又发现了新的无罪证据，诺福克四人于2017年被宣布无罪释放，并获得了弗吉尼亚州州长泰瑞·麦考夫的绝对赦免。2018年12月，他们分别从諾福克市和弗吉尼亚州获得了490万美元和350万美元的和解金，以补偿他们被错误定罪。 包括这四人在内，诺福克警方共起诉了八名嫌疑人，他们被指控为集团犯罪。由于缺乏证据，八人中，有三人被释放，对他们的指控被驳回，另外一人奥马尔·巴拉德（Omar Ballard）与被害人有独立的联系，他于1999年3月成为最后一个因该案被捕的人，他的DNA与犯罪现场所发现的相符，并且是唯一匹配的人。他于1993年3月和4月供认，自己强奸杀人的罪行，但检察方继续坚持集团犯罪论。2000年，巴拉德认罪并被判处100年监禁，其中59年被法庭宣布为缓刑，法医证据与他供述的单独犯罪说法一致，即没有其他参与者。 诺福克四人都曾经向警方认罪，但后来又撤回了供词，并称自己受到了威胁和胁迫，他们的供词是虚假的。威廉姆斯和迪克在审判前受到死刑的威胁，承认了强奸和谋杀的罪名。迪克在1999年和2000年作为证人，指控其他两名被告。他们每个人的DNA都与现场收集到的不匹配，由于几乎没有对他们不利的物证，陪审团根据他们的供词判定威尔逊和泰斯有罪。通过认罪协议和法庭审判，泰斯、威廉姆斯和迪克被判强奸罪、谋杀罪，并被判处一项或多项不得假释的终身监禁，威尔逊谋杀罪不成立，被判强奸罪入狱8年半。 (zh)
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- Les Quatre de Norfolk (en anglais : Norfolk Four) sont quatre hommes — Derek Tice, Danial Williams, Joseph J. Dick Jr. et Eric C. Wilson — condamnés en 1999 pour le viol et le meurtre de Michelle Moore-Bosko en 1997 à Norfolk, en Virginie. Un juge fédéral a statué en 2016 que les Quatre de Norfolk étaient innocents. (fr)
- The Norfolk Four are four former United States Navy sailors: Joseph J. Dick Jr., Derek Tice, Danial Williams, and Eric C. Wilson, who were wrongfully convicted of the 1997 rape and murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko while they were stationed at Naval Station Norfolk. They each declared that they had made false confessions, and their convictions are considered highly controversial. A fifth man, Omar Ballard, confessed and pleaded guilty to the crime in 2000, insisting that he had acted alone. He had been in prison since 1998 because of violent attacks on two other women in 1997. He was the only one of the suspects whose DNA matched that collected at the crime scene, and whose confession was consistent with other forensic evidence. (en)
- 诺福克四人（英語：Norfolk Four，或译诺福克四水兵）是指四名美国海军退伍军人，他们分别是小约瑟夫·J·迪克（Joseph J. Dick Jr），德里克·泰斯（Derek Tice），丹尼尔·威廉姆斯（Danial Williams），埃里克·c·威尔逊（Eric C. Wilson），他们因为被指控1997年在弗吉尼亚州諾福克强奸谋杀米歇尔·摩尔-博斯科（Michelle Moore-Bosko）而知名，1999年和2000年四人被错判有罪。他们都宣称自己是虚假认罪，对四人的定罪被认为是有争议的。第五人奥马尔·巴拉德（Omar Ballard），于2000年认罪，并坚称自己为单独犯罪，因为1997年他对另外2名妇女的暴力袭击，他于1998年入狱，他也是唯一一名DNA与犯罪现场收集的DNA相匹配的嫌疑人，并且其供述与其他法医证据相一致。 在认罪近10年后，四人撤回了自己的供词，并开始上诉，他们获得了一场赦免运动的支持，并于2009年获得弗吉尼亚州州长的有条件赦免。之后又发现了新的无罪证据，诺福克四人于2017年被宣布无罪释放，并获得了弗吉尼亚州州长泰瑞·麦考夫的绝对赦免。2018年12月，他们分别从諾福克市和弗吉尼亚州获得了490万美元和350万美元的和解金，以补偿他们被错误定罪。 (zh)
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