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Another Innocent Man Freed From Death Row

Press Release: May 11, 2007Contact: Eric Ferrero (Innocence Project)212-364-5346* * *After 21 Years in Prison ? including 16 on DeathRow ? Curtis McCarty is Exonerated Based on DNA EvidenceOklahoma City case is one of the worst cases of government misconduct in the history of the American criminal justice system, Innocence Project says.(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; May 11, 2007) ? Curtis Edward McCarty, who was convicted twice and sentenced to death for the same murder in verdicts that were both thrown out based on evidence of his innocence and an extraordinary pattern of government misconduct, was released from prison this morning after a judge dismissed the indictment against him that would have led to a third trial. The prosecution said today that it will not appeal the decision ? finally clearing McCarty after 21 years of wrongful incarceration, more than 16 of them on death row...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Death Penalty Focus on May 12, 2007 (boomark / email).