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| St. Louis inmates released after DNA testing |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/01/2005 |
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Three St. Louis men convicted of rape - Larry Johnson, Lonnie Erby and Anthony Woods - have been exonerated after DNA testing conducted through the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office. All three were originally convicted before 1992, when DNA testing became common. Johnson was convicted in 1984 and sentence to life in prison plus 15 years for an attack on a woman in her car. The attacker, his face covered by a sweat shirt and scarf, threatened the woman with a knife, drove the woman to an alley and raped her for two hours. Johnson was exonerated on July 26, 2002. He was released from prison four days later after serving 18 years. Erby was convicted in 1986 for a series of rapes and robberies of teenage girls between August 1985 and October 1985. After an attack in October, police responded to a complaint involving a man looking into the bedroom window of a young girl and spotted Erby in the area. Four of the five victims identified Erby as their attacker through photos and a police lineup. DNA testing excluded Erby from the biological evidence left by the rapists. He served 17 years of a 115-year sentence before his release Aug. 25, 2003. Woods was convicted in 1983 for forcible rape, felonious restraint and armed criminal action. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison, serving 18 years before his release in 2001. Even after his release, he sought to clear his name. His attorney asked Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce to test Woods' DNA, and the test showed his innocence. He was exonerated in 2005. |
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