Frank Lee Smith
Posted By The Editors | December 15th, 2009 | Category: Exoneree of the Week | Comments Off
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Sadly, Frank Lee Smith did not live to see his exoneration nine years ago this week. Smith died of cancer on Florida’s death row while fighting for access to DNA testing that would eventually prove his innocence Eleven months after Smith’s death, DNA tests proved his innocence and cleared his name. The results also implicated the real perpetrator of the murder for which Smith had been convicted.
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