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Subject: Cleared After 30 Years Behind Bars

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view it online. January 4, 2011 265 EXONERATED   BREAKING NEWS DNA Clears Texas Man After Three Decades in Prison Cornelius Dupree, Jr. waited 30 years for this day to come. Just moments ago in a Dallas courtroom, a judge declared Dupree innocent of the crime for which he spent three decades in prison. DNA testing obtained by the Innocence Project proved that Dupree and another man had been misidentified and wrongfully convicted of a 1979 Dallas rape and robbery. Only two of the 265 DNA exonerees across the United States have served more time in prison before their exoneration than Dupree. "It's a joy to be free again," Dupree told reporters after walking out of court this morning. Dupree was freed on parole in July while DNA tests were pending. Shortly after his release, he married his longtime partner, Selma Perkins Dupree. Pictured above, from the left to right, are Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck, Dupree and Innocence Project Senior Staff Attorney Nina Morrison. Dupree and another man, Anthony Massingill, were misidentified at trial by both the female and male victims of the crime; the female victim selected them from a photo array shortly after the crime took place, but the male victim failed to identify either defendant from the photo array. Of the 40 people exonerated through DNA testing in Texas, 34 were misidentified by at least one witness. Massingill is represented by the Texas Wesleyan Innocence Project and is expected to be cleared at a later hearing. A bill to reform eyewitness identification procedures in Texas failed to pass in the legislature's last session, and Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck today called on lawmakers to remedy this shortcoming this year: "Cornelius Dupree spent the prime of his life behind bars because of mistaken identification that probably would have been avoided if the best practices now used in Dallas had been employed," Scheck said yesterday. "Yet most counties in Texas do not have these best practices in place. This must be remedied in the next legislative session by the adoption of an eyewitness identification reform bill." Read more about Dupree's case and eyewitness identification issues here.   Spread the Word Share this great news with friends and family. HOME  :  SUBSCRIBE  :  DONATE  :  FORWARD TO A FRIEND Change your email preferences. The Innocence Project 100 Fifth Ave. 3rd Floor : New York, NY 10011 © 2010 The Innocence Project. All Rights Reserved.

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