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Another Dallas DNA Exoneree

Yet another Dallas exoneree will walk free this morning after spending 26 years in a Texas prison on a false rape conviction thanks to newly tested DNA evidence that cleared him.This is another terrible case of misidentification by an eyewitness. Believe it or not, a witness actually picked Johnnie Lindsey out of a photo lineup that was mailed to her a year after the incident! Lindsey's "was one of two pictures that showed a shirtless man, a description given by the victim immediately after the attack," according to a summary of the case issued by the Innocence Project of Texas which represented Lindsey at his findings hearing.It was also an instance where investigators and jurors discounted strong alibi evidence that "included a timecard for the day of the attack and testimony by Johnnie?s boss that his absence would have shut down their commercial laundry operation on that day...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 19, 2008 (boomark / email).