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James Woodard

By Corey Rayburnyung

CNN has the story of James Woodard who was exonerated for raping and murdering his girlfriend after 27 years in prison:James Woodard is slowly returning to life. He is starting over after spending 27 years behind bars. He was wrongly imprisoned and cleared by DNA. Routine chores are a test of endurance when the only identification card in his wallet is issued by the Texas prison system. With his new friend, Clay Graham of the Innocence Project of Texas, serving as his guide and driver, Woodard is on the hunt for the basics of everyday life. When he went off to prison, Ronald Reagan was president, gas was cheap, AIDS was barely on the radar and no one had a cell phone or a personal computer. "It's sort of like waking up from a dream," Woodard said, walking through the corridors of Dallas City Hall, trying to track down his birth certificate...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on May 22, 2008 (boomark / email).