DNA tests clear Georgia inmate of rape charges

[proud2BlibKansan]

Judge frees him after nearly 25 years in prison spent denying his guilt

Updated: 5:03 p.m. ET Dec. 8, 2005

ATLANTA - A judge Thursday freed an inmate whose claims of innocence in a kidnapping and rape went unheeded for nearly a quarter of a century, until DNA evidence proved him right.

At the end of the 15-minute hearing where Robert Clark was finally granted his freedom, his attorney Peter Neufeld patted him on the back and said, “You’re free to go, fella.”

A smiling Clark hugged and kissed family members, repeatedly saying, “I told you. I told you.”
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Clark’s mother died and his children grew up and had families of their own while he sat in prison for a 1981 attack on an Atlanta woman. His lawyers said DNA from another man matches not only that rape, but two others that were committed later.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10384331/

[wakeme2008]

1. Gee let me guess

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/12/09/clark_wideweb__470x311,0.jpg

This is Georga and the victem was white :grr:

[Lefty48197]

2. WHAT? Somebody WRONGLY convicted right here in America???

WTF?? You mean the good ole US of A isn't the perfect country that some delusional individuals would have us believe?

[skipos]

3. Yet another reason not to support the death penalty.

Innocent people are convicted all the time. Imagine all the innocent people who aren't ever lucky enough to be exonerated like this.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. My thoughts exactly

[rustydog]

4. And to think these alleged jesus-loving Republicans are

trying to shorten the appeal process so we can kill inmates faster. Fuck it if they are actually innocent.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Such a culture of life

:eyes:

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Indeed