Bernard Webster served over twenty years for a rape he didn't commit.

Bernard Webster is the third person in Maryland and the 115th nationwide to have a conviction overturned by DNA evidence, according to the nonprofit Innocence Project in New York City.

"Webster was 19 when a 47-year-old teacher identified him as the man who broke into her home and raped her in 1982." The recent DNA testing pointed to another man, Daniel Powell, who was arrested for the crime as he walked to work this morning.

"Webster's lawyers said he wasn't entitled to compensation from the state for his time in prison, and he has no family, friends, job or home. He had been scheduled for release in February."

"Two Baltimore-area state senators have pledged that if neither the governor nor the governor-elect takes steps to compensate him, they will push for a bill that pays him for his time behind bars."

One more time, this is why we need Congress and every state to pass the Innocence Protection Act.