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DNA evidence clears Pennsylvania man's murder conviction after 34 years
Judge vacates murder conviction of Lewis Fogle, who has been in prison for the shooting death of a 15-year-old in 1976
Lewis Fogle, shown with his wife, has been released from prison after 34 years for the
murder of a teenager on the basis of DNA evidence. Photograph: The Innocence Project
Reuters in Harrisburg
Thursday 13 August 2015 12.34 EDT
Last modified on Thursday 13 August 2015 16.47 EDT
A man convicted in 1982 in the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl has been freed from a Pennsylvania prison thanks
to new DNA testing after spending more than three decades behind bars filing repeated appeals proclaiming his innocence.
Lewis Fogle, 63, had his conviction thrown out by Judge David Grine in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and was granted $25,000 bail pending a decision by Indiana
County district attorney Patrick Dougherty on whether to retry him on second-degree murder charges. Dougherty’s decision is due by 14 September.
Read on: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/13/dna-evidence-lewis-fogle-murder-conviction
A DNA victory is always good news.
See also:
FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decades
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Judge vacates murder conviction of Lewis Fogle, who has been in prison for the shooting death of a 15-year-old in 1976
Lewis Fogle, shown with his wife, has been released from prison after 34 years for the
murder of a teenager on the basis of DNA evidence. Photograph: The Innocence Project
Reuters in Harrisburg
Thursday 13 August 2015 12.34 EDT
Last modified on Thursday 13 August 2015 16.47 EDT
A man convicted in 1982 in the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl has been freed from a Pennsylvania prison thanks
to new DNA testing after spending more than three decades behind bars filing repeated appeals proclaiming his innocence.
Lewis Fogle, 63, had his conviction thrown out by Judge David Grine in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and was granted $25,000 bail pending a decision by Indiana
County district attorney Patrick Dougherty on whether to retry him on second-degree murder charges. Dougherty’s decision is due by 14 September.
Read on: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/13/dna-evidence-lewis-fogle-murder-conviction
A DNA victory is always good news.
See also:
FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decades
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=112894839
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