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A stolen life: Latest DNA exoneree did 27 years for rape he didn't commit

Several readers emailed to inform me of yet another DNA exoneration out of Harris County. Reports the Houston Chronicle ("DNA clears man 27 years after rape conviction," July 28):A Houston man prosecutors now say is innocent is expected to be freed this week after serving more than 27 years in prison ? the longest time behind bars of any Texan who has been exonerated ? for a rape he did not commit.Michael Anthony Green, 45, is expected to be in court Thursday where his attorney, Bob Wicoff, will ask that he be freed on bail while the case moves forward.If freed, Green would be the eighth local man let out of prison in recent years, and the second in a week, after serving time for a crime he did not convict."He is innocent," Wicoff said. "We've got the bad guys too...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 28, 2010 (boomark / email).