DNA Clears Another Man Imprisoned in Ohio for Murder
Quite a day for DNS conviction reversals. Earlier today, I posted a pointer to an article about two men in Virginia who were also just exonerated due to DNS evidence.
An AP newswire article by John McCarthy, via ABC News, reports that:
DNA evidence from a cigarette butt cleared a man imprisoned for seven years in the rape and murder of his mother-in-law, and the charges against him were dropped Thursday.
Clarence Elkins, 42, should be released from prison later in the day, prisons system spokeswoman Andrea Dean said.
Elkins, who was serving a life sentence and would not have been eligible for parole until 2054, was convicted in the 1998 rape and murder of Judith Johnson, 58, as well as the rape of her then-6-year-old granddaughter.
posted by Fergie @ 12/15/2005 01:34:00 PM
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