Saturday, September 20, 2008

DNA test exonerates man jailed for 25 years


DALLAS - A 56-year-old man who spent 25 years behind bars for a rape he says he didn't commit walked out of court a free man on Friday after a judge recommended his aggravated rape conviction be overturned. Johnnie Earl Lindsey said he wrote six letters to a Dallas County court seeking post-conviction DNA testing that could prove his innocence. All six were ignored, he said. "I couldn't get nobody to hear my case," said Lindsey, 56. "Once I could get someone to pay attention to what's going on, there was no doubt in my mind I would be exonerated." More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Jump TV