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| Subject: Man wrongly convicted of double murder freed after 38 years Sat Jan 24, 2015 1:31 am | |
| WHITEVILLE, N.C. -- A 70-year-old man wrongly convicted of the 1976 stabbing deaths of a mother and daughter walked out of prison Friday, saying he was looking forward to sleeping in a real bed and maybe swimming in a pool. After serving nearly four decades behind bars, Joseph Sledge was found innocent by a three-judge panel who heard testimony from a DNA expert. The expert said none of the evidence collected in the case - hair, DNA and fingerprints - belonged to Sledge. A key jailhouse informant had also recanted his story, saying authorities promised him leniency in his own case for his trial testimony against Sledge. A district attorney who was not originally involved apologized to Sledge and promised to reopen the investigation. "The system has made a mistake," district attorney Jon David said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-wrongly-convicted-of-double-murder-freed-after-38-years/ _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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