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Man Freed From Prison After Faulty Conviction - Real Perpetrators Will Not Face Justice

By Walin & Klarich

If you want to know just how shaky and unreliable eyewitness identifications can be, just ask Patrick Waller, who was recently ordered released from prison by a judge in Dallas, Texas after DNA testing showed that police and prosecutors had locked up the wrong man. According to a recent story on CNN.com, Waller's ordeal began in 1992 when two men kidnapped a couple and stole several hundred dollars. The men also sexually assaulted the woman after tying up the man. Another couple who drove up to the scene was also held at gunpoint. A security guard arrived and scared off the men, who fled in separate cars. Three of the four people abducted picked Waller in a photo lineup. The fourth later picked him out of a live lineup. Waller maintained his innocence and presented an alibi at trial but was convicted and sentenced to life in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).