An appalling miscarriage of justice, which are far more common than people might fondly believe. A DNA test carried out after 35 years in prison?!!! How many innocent men have died in prison for the lack of a cheap DNA test being carried out? An extract from the piece in USA Today:

Wright maintained his innocence since being accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Albion, a town in southwestern Michigan. The Cooley Law School Innocence Project said on its website Albion police named Wright as a suspect after an off-duty officer said Wright was seen in the neighborhood before the assault happened. Police claimed Wright confessed, but the interview wasn’t recorded and Wright did not sign a confession. The victim wasn’t asked to identify anyone nor did police conduct identification procedures, the Innocent Project said.

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