Posted May 6, 201015 yr Ohio Innocence Project Raymond Towler, Convicted Rapist, Exonerated By DNA Tests After 30 Years In Prison By THOMAS J. SHEERAN, AP, May 5, 2010 CLEVELAND — An Ohio man tasted freedom for the first time in nearly 30 years on Wednesday after a judge vacated his conviction because DNA evidence showed he did not rape an 11-year-old girl. "It finally happened, I've been waiting," Raymond Towler, 52, said as he hugged sobbing family members in the courtroom. (...) The Ohio Innocence Project, an organization that uses DNA evidence to clear people wrongfully convicted of crimes, said Towler was among the longest incarcerated people to be exonerated by DNA in U.S. history. (...) Attorneys with the project at the University of Cincinnati have been working on the Towler case since 2004, and Towler said that and his faith had given him hope.
May 7, 201015 yr I can't even imagine losing almost three decades like that. The worst part is that because of the crime he was accused of committing, the "prison justice" that he received while behind bars must have been brutal. Convicts accused of sexual crimes are treated especially harshly by the other convicts.
