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Boston Defendant Wrongfully Convicted For Rape And Robbery Wins Jury Trial Against The Commonwealth

By Altman & Altman

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David Frank, of Boston?s Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, has reported this week on a story that has become achingly familiar. It involves the issue of the wrongfully convicted. Ulysses C. (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) is now 59 years old. On May 17, 2001, he was released from prison after serving 19 years of an 80 year sentence for unlawful confinement, rape and robbery. He was released from custody after DNA testing on the physical evidence used against him exonerated him of the crimes for which he was convicted. But, then, what does ?exonerated? really mean? Does it clear a man?s name? Can it give him back the nineteen years he unjustly lost at the hands of the Commonwealth? In recent years, a number of criminal defendants have been convicted, only to be released after having served many years, after DNA evidence was discovered which showed that they were not, in fact, guilty...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).

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