Wrongly convicted rape defendant freed after 26 years

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2008-09-21 21:06

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'Johnnie Earl Lindsey is a free man.

The wrongfully convicted rapist walked out of a Dallas courtroom this morning, nearly 26 years after a jury convicted him based on erroneous, eye witness identification.

A jury convicted Mr. Lindsey, now 56, of sexually assaulting a woman near White Rock Lake in 1981. DNA tests proved that he was not the man responsible.
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Now that Mr. Lindsey is free, he said he plans to help other wrongly convicted people.

"I'm going to try my best to help those who are left behind to see that they see justice, too," Mr. Lindsey said.'

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