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| DNA Frees 100th Inmate |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/28/2002 |
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Marking DNA's stunning revelations for the nation's criminal justice system, new tests led to the release of the 100th person to be freed nationwide because of genetic testing. The release of Larry Mayes in Indiana last month comes as a timely victory for a nationwide coalition of advocates seeking to free those wrongfully convicted. The advocates plan to gather this weekend to call for reform of the criminal justice system. Mayes, 52, spent 21 years in prison for a rape of a gas station cashier that he steadfastly maintained he never committed. He was released from Indiana State Prison on Dec. 21 after DNA tests of old crime scene evidence was compared to his own genetic tests. Police also welcome the latest exoneration. Last week Sheriff Aaron Kennard in Salt Lake County, Utah, who worked with a national commission addressing DNA's uses in the criminal justice system was able to pinpoint the rapist in an unsolved 8-year-old case through DNA, as the state goes through and tests evidence of unsolved cases. The rapist is in prison for another sex offense, he said. Advocates are seeking a federal law to guarantee all those with claims of wrongful conviction have access to DNA evidence without time limits; compensation for those wrongfully convicted; widespread reforms of law enforcement procedures; and a moratorium on the death penalty until reforms are made. |
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