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30 Years In Prison For Murder, New DNA Evidence Frees Hawaii Man
A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he long denied committing declared the day "Freedom Friday" and said he was eager to visit his mother after a judge ordered him released because of new DNA evidence.
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US Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Rape Released After 47 Years
A US man who served seven and a half years in prison for a rape he did not commit has been cleared nearly five decades later thanks to new DNA evidence, authorities said Tuesday.
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How A Child Killer Who Tormented Little Girls Was Caught After 30 Years
Police in northern Indiana stared at the jerky handwritten scrawl in May 1990, realizing this was the most significant clue to drop in the region's most publicized unsolved crime. In 1988, 8-year-old April Tinsley had been found murdered and sexually assaulted.
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Discarded Restaurant Napkin Helps Crack 32-Year-Old Murder Case
DNA evidence from a discarded restaurant napkin was used to identify a suspect in the slaying of a 12-year-old girl in 1986 in Seattle, Washington, police said.
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He Was The First Killer Caught Using DNA Evidence
Though DNA may be the building block of life, one of the biggest forensic breakthroughs came about because of stone cold murder. In 1983, 15-year old Lynn Mann was brutally raped and strangled to death by an unknown man in Leicestershire, England. Three years later, the crime remained unsolved until another young girl, Dawn Ashworth, paid for that ...
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D-Day for Amanda Knox Over Italy Murder Conviction
Amanda Knox is set to discover today whether she will be labelled a killer for life as Italy's top court rules on her conviction for the murder of a British student nearly eight years ago.
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Confessing to crime, but innocent
Eddie Lowery lost 10 years of his life for a crime he did not commit. There was no physical evidence at his trial for rape, but one overwhelming factor put him away: he confessed. At trial, the jury heard details that prosecutors insisted only the rapist could have known, including the fact that the rapist hit the 75-year-old victim in the head wit...
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30 Years In Prison For Murder, New DNA Evidence Frees Hawaii Man
A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he long denied committing declared the day "Freedom Friday" and said he was eager to visit his mother after a judge ordered him released because of new DNA evidence.
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US Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Rape Released After 47 Years
A US man who served seven and a half years in prison for a rape he did not commit has been cleared nearly five decades later thanks to new DNA evidence, authorities said Tuesday.
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How A Child Killer Who Tormented Little Girls Was Caught After 30 Years
Police in northern Indiana stared at the jerky handwritten scrawl in May 1990, realizing this was the most significant clue to drop in the region's most publicized unsolved crime. In 1988, 8-year-old April Tinsley had been found murdered and sexually assaulted.
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Discarded Restaurant Napkin Helps Crack 32-Year-Old Murder Case
DNA evidence from a discarded restaurant napkin was used to identify a suspect in the slaying of a 12-year-old girl in 1986 in Seattle, Washington, police said.
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He Was The First Killer Caught Using DNA Evidence
Though DNA may be the building block of life, one of the biggest forensic breakthroughs came about because of stone cold murder. In 1983, 15-year old Lynn Mann was brutally raped and strangled to death by an unknown man in Leicestershire, England. Three years later, the crime remained unsolved until another young girl, Dawn Ashworth, paid for that ...
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D-Day for Amanda Knox Over Italy Murder Conviction
Amanda Knox is set to discover today whether she will be labelled a killer for life as Italy's top court rules on her conviction for the murder of a British student nearly eight years ago.
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Confessing to crime, but innocent
Eddie Lowery lost 10 years of his life for a crime he did not commit. There was no physical evidence at his trial for rape, but one overwhelming factor put him away: he confessed. At trial, the jury heard details that prosecutors insisted only the rapist could have known, including the fact that the rapist hit the 75-year-old victim in the head wit...
