Robert Clark
Posted By The Editors | December 8th, 2009 | Category: Exoneree of the Week | Comments Off
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Four years ago this week, Robert Clark regained his freedom after DNA testing proved his innocence. Clark was convicted in 1982 of rape, kidnapping, and armed robbery and sentenced to life in prison. He would serve almost 24 years before his exoneration.
The Innocence Project began working on Clark’s case in 2003, and partnered with local attorneys at the Georgia Innocence Project to seek DNA tests. Although the District Attorney’s Office opposed testing, a judge granted Clark access to the evidence and the tests proved his innocence and implicated another man in the crime.
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