Another Innocent Accused Set Free By DNA
by TChris
It seems that a week rarely goes by without a new report of an innocent accused being cleared (after conviction) by DNA testing. How many innocent men and women are behind bars with little hope of release because the true criminal left behind no DNA evidence, or because it wasn't collected by the police?
Today's happy ending is about Thomas Doswell, who spent nearly 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit:
Doswell, of Homewood, was convicted in the 1986 rape of a 48-year-old woman at a hospital in Pittsburgh. He was 25 and the father of two young children when he was convicted.
Because Doswell truthfully insisted that he was innocent, he was denied parole four times.
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