The longest-serving, wrongly-convicted, inmate in Texas to be freed by DNA evidence - so far! Dvorak Uncensored: General interest observations and true web-log.: "The longest-serving, wrongly-convicted, inmate in Texas to be freed by DNA evidence - so far!
Published on January 4th, 2008
Posted by Eideard in General
Judge John Creuzot is hugged by Charles Chatman
A man imprisoned since 1981 for sexual assault was freed after a judge recommended overturning his conviction.
Charles Chatman, 47, was released on his recognizance after serving nearly 27 years of a 99-year sentence. He was freed on the basis of new DNA testing that lawyers say proves his innocence and adds to Dallas County’s nationally unmatched number of wrongfully convicted inmates."
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comment by BHT
This death penalty issue support from evangelicals is curious to me. It costs a fortune to try these cases and would be cheaper (it appears) to incarcerate the individual for life. Why should we want the person killed? I have to break ranks on this issue and oppose the death penalty just as I crossed the fence one day over to the pro-life side. The courts are too imperfect for the death penalty.
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