Madison man, served more than six years in prison, is ordered released [View All]

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Madison man, who has served more than six years in prison, is ordered released

A Madison man who served more than six years in prison for a sexual assault he said he didn't commit was ordered released Friday after a Dane County Circuit judge overturned his conviction.

Judge Patrick Fiedler cited new DNA evidence and newly developed scientific research on faulty eyewitness identification in throwing out his own judgment of conviction in the 2002 case against Forest Shomberg.

Shomberg's attorney, Byron Lichstein of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, praised the decision.

"I think the judge followed the law and found significant new information that came up since the trial," he said.

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Makes you wonder why they have such a HIGH RATE of wrongful convictions in these types of cases.

and how is a it a prosecuter who uses DNA evidence every day to convict people would fight so staunchly against a man who is cleared of wrong doing by DNA. Some thing is seriously wrong with that picture. Thank Gawd we have Liberal Groups such as the Innocents Project