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Texan's Conviction Overturned After 30 Years in Prison

Jan 4th 2011 – 11:47AM
AP

AP

DALLAS -- A Texas man had his conviction overturned Tuesday for a rape and robbery he didn't commit after serving 30 years in prison, more time than any other inmate subsequently exonerated by DNA evidence in his state. Cornelius Dupree Jr., 51, was formally cleared of the aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon...

DNA Clears Texas Man Who Spent 30 Years in Prison

Jan 3rd 2011 – 8:21PM
The Innocence Project / AP

The Innocence Project / AP

DALLAS - Prosecutors declared a Texas man innocent Monday of a rape and robbery that put him in prison for 30 years, more than any other DNA exoneree in Texas. DNA test results that came back barely a week after Cornelius Dupree Jr. was paroled in July excluded him as the person who attacked a Dallas woman in 1979,...

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