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Last night in prison for a crime he didn’t commit?

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

via the Innocence Project: Innocence Project client Steven Barnes is expected to be released from prison November 25 after serving nearly two decades for a rape and murder that he has always maintained he didn?t commit. The Innocence Project and the Oneida County District Attorney?s Office issued this joint statement on November 24: ?Later today, we will ask a judge to schedule a hearing no later than Tuesday morning on a joint motion to vacate Steven Barnes? conviction based on new DNA test results. We anticipate that the court will vacate Barnes? conviction and release him from custody on Tuesday. ?For several years, the Innocence Project and District Attorney?s Office have cooperated to conduct DNA testing that could resolve Steven Barnes? longstanding claim of innocence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on November 24, 2008 (boomark / email).