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Tim Masters Freed

By Jeralyn, Section Innocence Cases
Posted on Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 12:54:00 PM EST
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Bump and Update: Tim Masters was freed from prison today, 9 1/2 years after his conviction for a murder he did not commit.

Lots more below.

Bump and Update: The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News are live-blogging the hearing on the release of Tim Masters which just got underway in Fort Collins, Colorado. 9News is streaming the hearing live here. [Update: Hearing now over.]

Original Post 1/21/08
Tim Masters to be Freed Tomorrow

Masters will be freed from prison tomorrow after serving 9 1/2 years for a murder he didn't commit. [More...]

On Friday, the special prosecutor in the case dropped a bombshell when he announced that skin-cell DNA on the victim's clothes matched the genetic profile of an "alternate suspect." Sources said the DNA matched that of one of the victim's boyfriends.

Contrats to former public defender and DNA expert David Wymore, who joined Masters' defense in 2004 and Maria Liu and the rest of the defense team.

Here's the story of the sketchy evidence in the case. Here's a video of an interview with Masters asking what he intends to do when he's freed.

9 1/2 years for a crime he didn't commit. Shameful.

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    Tim Masters Freed | 24 comments (24 topical)
    What a horrible story (5.00 / 1) (#20)
    by DA in LA on Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 11:17:17 AM EST
    This detective with the bizarre fixation should be punished, in some way.

    That article reads like a screenplay.

    I was wondering when you'd blog this (none / 0) (#1)
    by magster on Mon Jan 21, 2008 at 02:21:42 PM EST
    This story is another stark reminder of the need to abolish the death penalty (even though this was not a death penalty case).

    I'm at least glad that the DA quickly confirmed the DNA results with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to end this injustice.

    Why was the DNA not tested for (none / 0) (#2)
    by oculus on Mon Jan 21, 2008 at 02:26:31 PM EST
    purposes of the trial?

    27 ?!? (none / 0) (#3)
    by Quaker in a Basement on Mon Jan 21, 2008 at 02:45:46 PM EST
    That man is 27? He looks like he's over 40. Prison apparently ages one dramatically.

    And that's just the outside..... (none / 0) (#4)
    by kdog on Mon Jan 21, 2008 at 02:49:00 PM EST
    can't imagine what is does to the soul...especially an innocent one.

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    especially a 15 year old one (none / 0) (#12)
    by Jlvngstn on Mon Jan 21, 2008 at 04:22:21 PM EST
    Hey Kdog, will be in NY this week with my daughter and wife, wi