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More DNA Exonerations

By Ed Brayton

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Here are a couple more instances of DNA exonerating an innocent person wrongly convicted of a crime, courtesy of Balko. In the first case, a man spent 28 years in prison for rape and murder until finally being proven innocent.

Donald Gates was convicted of the savage 1981 attack on 21-year-old Catherine Schilling as she walked home from work through Rock Creek Park. He has always maintained his innocence.

Two separate DNA tests have vindicated him and prosecutors are preparing to have him released during a hearing in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday, a top law enforcement source told The Examiner.

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Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).

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