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DNA Exonerates Another Texas Prison Inmate
DNA tests have exonerated a 47-year-old Texas prison inmate who’s been behind bars for 23 years.
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DALLAS (May 26, 2009)--Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said Tuesday that Texas prison inmate Jerry Lee Evans, 47, is set to be cleared on an aggravated sexual assault conviction that put him behind bars for 23 years.
According to the Innocence Project of Texas, Evans would be the 21st wrongfully convicted Dallas County inmate cleared through DNA testing, which is more than any county in the nation.
Evans has a hearing Wednesday in state district court.
He was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 his conviction for aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon.
The victim was attacked after leaving an entertainment district near downtown Dallas.
She picked Evans out of a photo lineup.
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Posted by: I'm Just Sayin'
Location: Waco
on May 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM
I wonder how many times he got raped in the 23 years he was in prison. How does the State repay that?
Posted by: The Cramp
Location: Waco
on May 26, 2009 at 06:07 PM
23 years? that's insane. poor guy
Posted by: calvin
Location: here
on May 26, 2009 at 05:35 PM
maybe she was drunk at the time, maybe she did not like the way he looked,or she had to come up with something to cover the real thing for her husband
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