Man released after more than six years in prison after conviction overturned due to DNA evidence

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-11-15 23:02

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Madison man who served more than six years in prison for a sexual assault he said he didn't commit was ordered released Friday after a Dane County Circuit judge overturned his conviction.

Judge Patrick Fiedler cited new DNA evidence and newly developed scientific research on faulty eyewitness identification in throwing out his own judgment of conviction in the 2002 case against Forest Shomberg.

Shomberg's attorney, Byron Lichstein of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, praised the decision.

"I think the judge followed the law and found significant new information that came up since the trial," he said.'

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... that no amount of feminist inspired laws can ever fix.

Eyewitness testimony in cases like that is the absolute least reliable form of evidence. The police just coerce the victim into identifying whomever they choose in order to close the case.

This guy should have been excluded as a suspect based on the THREE people who testified they were with him at the time of the attack 30 blocks away from the crime scene.

Poor guy, I hope he gets a large settlement from the State because his life has been damaged FAR more then the victim's life in this case.

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Submitted by Paragon on Mon, 2009-11-16 17:16