Dallas man cleared, freed after 27 years in prison

[Hatuey]

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He is 47 years old now. He hasn't been free of state custody since Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president in January 1981. He will have to relearn how to use a knife or fork to cut his food. He had not seen a cellular telephone until he called his family Wednesday to tell them the news that he had been cleared.

With his aunt, Ethel Bradley, seated beside him, he thanked his family for never giving up on him. He also thanked his attorneys and state District Judge John Creuzot for helping to prove he could not have been the man who raped a former neighbor in her Oak Cliff home.

Judge Creuzot pushed for the specialized DNA test that cleared Mr. Chatman after becoming concerned that he might be innocent. At the hearing, the judge introduced Mr. Chatman to a dentist who has agreed to repair his teeth and to prisoner advocate Joyce Ann Brown, who herself was wrongly imprisoned for almost a decade.

I think it's sad that it took 27 years to free him. It makes me wonder whether in those we've executed there are those who truly were innocent but because the technology wasn't around we ended up executing them anyways.

 

[jfuh]

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I think it's sad that it took 27 years to free him. It makes me wonder whether in those we've executed there are those who truly were innocent but because the technology wasn't around we ended up executing them anyways.

How much does 27 years go for? So what's the follow up from the government and those eye witnesses that swore he was the guy that did it? What is a man who had 27 years stollen from him supposed to do?

Guy walks into a bar to pick up a girl she asks do what do you do? I've been in prison for 27 years.
He's screwed, no matter which way you look on it, he's seriously screwed over and nothing of his own doing.

 

[Kushinator]

How much does 27 years go for? So what's the follow up from the government and those eye witnesses that swore he was the guy that did it? What is a man who had 27 years stollen from him supposed to do?

Guy walks into a bar to pick up a girl she asks do what do you do? I've been in prison for 27 years.
He's screwed, no matter which way you look on it, he's seriously screwed over and nothing of his own doing.

The question remains, why does it take 27 years? I would say its because court rooms are way to swamped busting PI's, pot, and underage consumption...

 

[jfuh]

The question remains, why does it take 27 years? I would say its because court rooms are way to swamped busting PI's, pot, and underage consumption...

DNA evidence - they just never thought to use science? Dunno for the dude that got jailed though, I don't think he really cares about that part now, I think he's more thinking:
Now what?

I mean seriously, what would you do?

 

[Vader]

DNA evidence - they just never thought to use science? Dunno for the dude that got jailed though, I don't think he really cares about that part now, I think he's more thinking:
Now what?

I mean seriously, what would you do?

I would sue to the *** end off of the State of Texas, the county, and everbody else even REMOTELY involved.

 

[Hatuey]

I would sue to the *** end off of the State of Texas, the county, and everbody else even REMOTELY involved.

Same. 2 million for every year lost. That wouldn't make me feel better but it would be a good start. Buy a D3 or a Eos III. Travel for a year on full vacation with about $100,000 - work on my photojournalism buy a few homes. Then relax.