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Dean Cage Freed from Prison After Serving 12 Years for a Crime He Didn't Commit

By David Lohr

DNA testing has exonerated a man who has served 12 years of a 40-year prison sentence. According to a spokesperson for the New York-based Innocence Project, which investigates wrongful convictions, the state attorney's office in Cook County, Illinois, has vacated the conviction of 41-year-old Dean Cage and has dismissed all charges against him stemming from the alleged rape of a teenage girl in 1994. "I have my life back," Dean said during an interview with the Chicago Tribune. "It means the world to me. I never had a doubt. I am happy and blessed." Dean's arrest and subsequent conviction came after the victim of an alleged rape identified him as her attacker. According to court records, the victim, a 15-year-old girl, was walking to a school bus stop on the morning of November 14, 1994, when a man wearing a black leather jacket and hat grabbed her and pulled her into an alleyway...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).