DNA testing clears Wyoming man of decades-old rape, lawyers say

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2013-03-21 18:01

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'Lawyers with the Utah-based Rocky Mountain Innocence Center say new DNA testing proves the innocence of a man who has served more than 23 years in prison on a Wyoming rape conviction.

Cheyenne lawyer Aaron J. Lyttle filed a request for a new trial for 63-year-old Andrew J. Johnson on Tuesday. Johnson, who has maintained his innocence, is serving a life sentence at the state prison in Rawlins on the 1989 conviction.

Lyttle stated that DNA testing proves Johnson didn't commit the crime. Lyttle says he expects that Johnson will receive a new trial.'

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Imagine how many men sit rotting in prisons who have no DNA evidence to refute the claims of their false accusers. America is purportedly "the freest nation on earth" so why does it have the highest rate of incarceration in the world - more than 90% men. America looks to me more like the Witch-Hunting Males capitol of the world than anything else.

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Submitted by MR on Thu, 2013-03-21 23:40