Clyde Charles
Posted By The Editors | December 23rd, 2009 | Category: Exoneree of the Week | Comments Off
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Ten years ago this week, Clyde Charles was freed from a Louisiana prison. He had served 17 years for a rape he didn’t commit, and DNA testing obtained by the Innocence Project finally led to his exoneration. His convicted had rested in part on misleading testimony from a forensic analyst that hairs from Charles’ clothing were “similar” to the victim’s hairs. More than half of the wrongful convictions overturned through DNA testing have involved improper or unvalidated forensics like hair comparison.
Sadly, Charles died earlier this year. He was 55 years old.
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