Another innocent man released
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- April
- 29
A Dallas man who spent more than 27 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit was freed today, the Associated Press reported.
James Lee Woodward had spend more time wrongly imprisoned than any other prisonner in the United States when he was cleared by DNA testing.
He had been found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend in 1980 and was cleared with the help of the Innocence Project of Texas.
The number of men who were convicted unjustly is alarming. Woodward was the second Dallas man in two weeks to have his conviction overturned, according to the Innocence Project. The total as of today: 216.
Meanwhile Jeffrey Deskovic of Peekskill was imprisoned for 16 years for a murder and rape he also did not commit.
These days, Deskovic is trying to use his story to bring about reforms. You can visit his Web site “here.”:http://jeffreydeskovicspeaks.org
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It would cost millions to look into these cases but it’s worth it!!!