False rape charge and conviction leave justice delayed

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'A man is sitting in an upstate prison, wrongly convicted of a rape he didn't commit - a rape that, in fact, never happened. He must be released immediately, and the criminal justice system must aim its fury at the woman whose brazen lies put him there.

What Biurney Peguero did to William McCaffrey, a man she barely knew, is beyond despicable. She must be punished.

This is what Peguero told police and swore in court during a 2006 criminal trial: Early on the morning of Sept. 18, 2005, she was sitting in a parked car in upper Manhattan when McCaffrey stopped to talk to her and invited her to a party. They drove off; they pulled over on a dark street. McCaffrey, she said, drew a knife and viciously assaulted her, slapping her, raping her and leaving bite marks on her left arm and shoulder.'