Innocent Man Pardoned
by TChris
In 2003, after serving 21 years in a North Carolina prison for a rape he didn't commit, Leo Waters was released. New DNA testing proved his innocence. Yesterday, Gov. Mike Easley granted Waters a pardon on the ground of actual innocence.
The pardon came as authorities charged another man with the rape. The new suspect has been identified as a serial rapist, leading one to wonder whether his other victims would have been spared if the police had conducted a thorough investigation rather than focusing on building a case against the first suspect to cross their path.
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