Kenneth Wyniemko was convicted of the brutal rape of a Clifton, Michigan woman based on a composite sketch which even the victim said was only 60% accurate. The victim, who repeatedly said she only had a few glimpses of her attacker, described the perpetrator as 6′ to 6’2″ tall, weighing around 200-225 pounds, and 20 to 25 years old. Police informed Wyniemko, who was in police custody on an unrelated misdemeanor charge, that he resembled the sketch despite the fact that he was 5’11″, weighed 198 pounds and was 43 years old.

Wyniemko was identified by the victim, convicted in 1994 and sentenced to 40-60 years in prison. The Cooley Innocence Project in Lansing, Michigan took on Wyniemko’s case, and obtained DNA testing on his behalf. The tests revealed that semen recovered from the victim’s underwear excluded him as the rapist. He was exonerated seven years ago this week on June 17, 2003.

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