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Great68 05-05-2010 06:38 AM

DNA proves man's innocence after 28 years in jail
 
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DNA Clears Man After 28 Years Behind Bars

CLEVELAND — An Ohio man who spent nearly 30 years in prison is being released after new DNA tests showed he didn’t rape an 11-year-old girl.

Raymond Towler had been serving a life sentence for the rape of a girl in a Cleveland park in 1981. Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County Common Pleas Judge Eileen Gallagher choked back tears as she vacated the conviction on Wednesday and left the bench to shake Towler’s hand at the defense table.
Prosecutors had asked the court to act immediately after receiving the test results Monday.
The Ohio Innocence Project, an organization that uses DNA evidence to clear people wrongfully convicted of crimes, says Towler has served the second-longest amount of time among prisoners in the U.S. who were eventually exonerated by DNA.

Holy shit, I can't imagine how it would feel loose 1/3 of your life knowing you're innocent... I hope he sues.

CRS 05-05-2010 06:45 AM

He's going to sue but it is going to be settle outside of court.

Even then, what amount of money can amount to the time spent in prison when you are surrounded by murders and rapists. Even though this guy was innocent, the prison system has a messed up morale code where child-murders and rapists get treated the worst.

How can you give back 28 years to a man? How can you give back all the shit he would have endured in prison for being a child rapist? How can you give back a man his life?

StylinRed 05-05-2010 06:57 AM

sadly this happens all too frequently

many states are abolishing the death penalty because too many people are found to be innocent

Illinois put a moratorium on it after the governor found out over half those on death row were proven to be innocent due to DNA

there's another famous case where a man (Frank Lee Smith) died in prison from cancer while fighting for his innocence, it was proven after he died that he was innocent



i think all states in the US pay have reparation laws for circumstances like these, and among other reasons im not exactly certain if he can sue

Great68 05-05-2010 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 6938617)
sadly this happens all too frequently

many states are abolishing the death penalty because too many people are found to be innocent

Illinois put a moratorium on it after the governor found out over half those on death row were proven to be innocent due to DNA

there's another famous case where a man (Frank Lee Smith) died in prison from cancer while fighting for his innocence, it was proven after he died that he was innocent

Exactly. There are a lot of people in favour of Capital Punishment... For me, one innocent life taken by Capital Punishment is one too many. Society just should not take that risk.

Mugen EvOlutioN 05-05-2010 07:12 AM

wtf how he gonna get repaid now geez

28 freaking years

Mugen EvOlutioN 05-05-2010 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 6938617)
sadly this happens all too frequently

many states are abolishing the death penalty because too many people are found to be innocent

Illinois put a moratorium on it after the governor found out over half those on death row were proven to be innocent due to DNA

there's another famous case where a man (Frank Lee Smith) died in prison from cancer while fighting for his innocence, it was proven after he died that he was innocent



i think all states in the US pay have reparation laws for circumstances like these, and among other reasons im not exactly certain if he can sue

dude not like serving ur entire life in prison is any better. Hell if i was innocent and got accused, i probably wish i was dead instead spending 30 years with murders and rapists.

Ax2-Y 05-05-2010 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 6938617)
sadly this happens all too frequently

many states are abolishing the death penalty because too many people are found to be innocent

I dont know about "frequently"...
Forensic DNA technology has been around for atleast 15 years and that is why in the 90's you saw a large number of people being exonerated through DNA testing. Now a days, it is really quite rare to have a case like this popping up.

The injustice in this guys case is why it took ~15 years to have his DNA finally tested when the technology was there a long time ago. The testing should have been done years ago and he should already be a free man. As such, he's gonna get paiiiiiid
http://www.orchidfootwear.com/news/w...nPhoto450w.jpg

hotjoint 05-05-2010 08:06 AM

wow. I wonder how much he'll get

Greenstoner 05-05-2010 08:12 AM

i hope he gets shit load of money and education and a career, i really feel bad for him.

RRxtar 05-05-2010 08:53 AM

according to google hes 52.

AzNightmare 05-05-2010 09:17 AM

How old is this man?

And how did he end up being the one wrongly accused?
Did he just look like the real rapist?
Was his DNA similar to the real rapist?

Was he completely a stranger and innocent to the incident and
just bad luck? Or was he a part of the incident somehow, but just didn't
do the actual crime so he's off the hook?
I don't get it.

Grim 05-05-2010 09:28 AM

28yrs..
Wasted..
Things must b a drastic change for him
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CRS 05-05-2010 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by AzNightmare (Post 6938783)
How old is this man?

And how did he end up being the one wrongly accused?
Did he just look like the real rapist?
Was his DNA similar to the real rapist?

Was he completely a stranger and innocent to the incident and
just bad luck? Or was he a part of the incident somehow, but just didn't
do the actual crime so he's off the hook?
I don't get it.

DNA evidence wasn't quite perfected when he was arrested and tried.

7seven 05-05-2010 09:39 AM

No amount of money can make up for what this guy has been through.

AzNightmare 05-05-2010 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRS (Post 6938799)
DNA evidence wasn't quite perfected when he was arrested and tried.

Yeah, but what I'm asking is...
Was it completely random by chance this guy got tagged?

Why couldn't it have been you or me? Or the guy down the street?

That's basically what I'm asking.

LiquidTurbo 05-05-2010 10:07 AM

That is brutal. Poor guy.

7seven 05-05-2010 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AzNightmare (Post 6938840)
Yeah, but what I'm asking is...
Was it completely random by chance this guy got tagged?

Why couldn't it have been you or me? Or the guy down the street?

That's basically what I'm asking.

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In May 1981, the victim and her 13-year-old male cousin were walking their bicycles in the Rocky River Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks. The rapist lured the children behind some bushes by asking them to help with an injured deer. He then pulled a gun and forced the boy to watch the rape, police said.

Towler was arrested 19 days later when a ranger stopped him for a traffic violation in the park. The ranger noticed that Towler resembled a drawing of the rape suspect. The victim and witnesses identified Towler from a photo, police said.

A jury found Towler guilty. A judge sentenced him to life in prison plus an additional 12 to 40 years for crimes against the boy.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008...questions.html

411ken 05-05-2010 11:02 AM

I wonder what the victim thinks about all this now? She is 39yrs old..

fishing666 05-05-2010 11:26 AM

being in jail is a full time job all the time job so he will get paid
28yrs x 35$/hr * 24hrs/day * 365days/year
i ignored inflation and interest

Ohio owes him $8 584 800 taxable dollars

that amount of money will bring him justice.

twitchyzero 05-05-2010 11:33 AM

how did the preserve the dna for 30 years?
they put the semen in the fridge and hope that in the future there will be dna technology?

Great68 05-05-2010 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fishing666 (Post 6938945)

that amount of money will bring him justice.

It's compensation, but by no means is it "Justice".

Manic! 05-05-2010 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 6938957)
how did the preserve the dna for 30 years?
they put the semen in the fridge and hope that in the future there will be dna technology?

DNA does not have to be kept refrigerated. You could have a blood stain on a cloth thats been sitting in a room for years and still get DNA evidence off it.


Under federal law, compensation would be $50,000 per year of incarceration.
http://www.legalinfo360.com/2010/02/...ars-in-jail-2/

!Yaminashi 05-05-2010 12:43 PM

I seriously hope he gets more than 1,500,000

Boostaholic 05-05-2010 12:47 PM

reminds me of that movie The Shawshank Redemption. This guy is probably institutionalized to the point that when he comes out, he won't know what the hell there is to do.

Ulic Qel-Droma 05-05-2010 01:08 PM

i'd use the money to take out the entire victim's family and the judge and the jury. ;)

or actually i would invest it first, so i have more left over after to go on vacation yeahhhhh.


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