DNA Clears Man In Prison For 26 Years
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- Jurors convicted Charles Chatman in 1981 of raping his neighbor
- Thursday, there is a hearing to present DNA evidence that clears him
- Chatman, who had a life sentence, insisted he was innocent for 26 years
- Chatman's the longest-serving inmate in Texas to be freed by DNA evidence
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DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- -- Charles Chatman said throughout his 26 years in prison that he never raped the woman who lived five houses down from him.
Now 47, Chatman is expected to win his freedom Thursday on the basis of new DNA testing that lawyers say proves his innocence and adds to Dallas County's nationally unmatched number of wrongfully convicted inmates.
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These kind of things just disturb me. Not only is it sick that this guy has had over 1/4 of his life taken away but the guy who did do it is still out there. Although I do wonder how guilty this woman is going to feel for picking the wrong guy out of a lineup.