AP - DNA tests vindicate Ohio man convicted of rape

CLEVELAND (AP) -- An Ohio man tasted freedom for the first time in nearly 30 years Tuesday after DNA evidence showed he did not rape an 11-year-old girl and a judge vacated his conviction....

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Damn, that's a long damn time. That amount of money wouldn't suffice for all that lost time.

 

Hundreds of cases like this, where people on death row have been proven innocent or people serve decades in prison, for crimes they are cleared of by modern technology, is the reason I have shifted from a very hard line, pro-death penalty guy, to in my opinion, the death penalty should be only for the most heinous of crimes and with a higher level of proof, even higher than, beyond a reasonable doubt.