Mr. Wright is the 203rd per­son exon­er­at­ed from death row in the United States since 1973, and the sec­ond in Delaware. Mr. Wright was con­vict­ed and sen­tenced to death in 1992 for a liquor store rob­bery and mur­der of the clerk, Phillip Seifert. His con­vic­tion was over­turned in 2014 after it was revealed that pros­e­cu­tors had with­held excul­pa­to­ry evi­dence, in vio­la­tion of Brady v. Maryland. After his con­vic­tion was vacat­ed, Mr. Wright agreed to a plea deal to avoid a retri­al and obtain his free­dom. Mr. Wright main­tained his inno­cence, and his legal team con­tin­ued to fight to ful­ly exon­er­ate him.