DNA frees man who had served 27 years for murder
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A Dallas man who spent more than 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit was freed Tuesday, after being incarcerated longer than any other wrongfully convicted U.S. inmate to be cleared by DNA testing
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http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/608879.html
And a scary statistic:
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Woodard, cleared of the 1980 murder of his girlfriend, became the 18th person in Dallas County to have his conviction cast aside.
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18 in ONE county!
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Overall, 31 people have been formally exonerated through DNA testing in Texas, also a national high. That does not include Woodard and at least three others whose exonerations will not become official until Gov. Rick Perry grants pardons or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals formally accepts the ruling of lower courts that have already recommended exoneration.
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So the "real" total is 34, and over half of those are one county.
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