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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 08:34 PM
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Man Who Served Nearly 17 Years in Prison Released After DNA Tests Clear Him
Edited on Tue Dec-21-04 08:34 PM by NNN0LHI
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBF829T03E.html

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A man who served nearly 17 years for rape was freed from prison Tuesday after DNA tests determined he was not responsible for the crime.


Brandon Moon, 43, joined his parents, Frank and Shirley Moon, for the drive to their home in Kansas City, Mo., following his release from the El Paso County jail. He said he felt "numb."

"Have you ever had Novocain? It's a lot like that, just from head to toe," he told The Associated Press.

Moon had been serving a 75-year sentence after his 1988 conviction for sexual assault. The El Paso district attorney and defense lawyers filed a successful joint motion to vacate the conviction.

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...Didn't Texas used to be one of many states that used to give the death sentence for rape? And some say no innocent man has never been put to death? To them, I say bull.

Don
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 08:39 PM
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1. The Harris County Prosecutors office has been destroying old
evidence from cases to make room for new evidence. Many innocent people will never have the opportunity to be exonerated because their evidence has been lost.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 08:40 PM
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2. Lord. This is so sad and so wonderful. I hope he gets a chance to
be happy some time.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 05:18 AM
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12. I hope he gets a chance to sue them.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 08:40 PM
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3. Larry King tonight 9PM CNN
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KDLarsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:49 PM
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7. Just watching it..
.. what the hell was the thing about the police already knowing who did it & keeping the murder weapon in the sheriff's safe all along?
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 08:46 PM
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4. The more stories like this I read...
the more I am against the death penalty. How many innocent men (and woman) has Texas executed? The Shrub could only issue a stay. He could not commute a death sentence. But he didn't give a shit anyway.

What is more wrong? Abortion or the death penalty?
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:26 PM
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5. Texas recently executed an innocent man.
That terrible story about the man who was convicted of arson when his three little girls died in a fire. The evidence used to convict him was based on theories of arson that are outdated. Still, he was refused a new trial, and the Governor refused to pardon him.

I'm shocked that the DA also filed a motion to vacate the conviction, especially in Texas. They usually maintain they were right, even in the face of hard evidence to the contrary.
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Scairp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 03:03 AM
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10. I heard about that one
Really horrible.
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vpigrad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:34 PM
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6. It's not usually a DNA-issue...
It's usually a race or class issue. If you don't have money or you're not the right color, you're not given fair treatment. Hopefully it will get harder and harder for the thugs in blue to wrongfully imprison innocent people with DNA because it's hard evidence for the juries to ignore.
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 10:21 PM
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8. How many of these stories have we heard in the last few years?
How many innocent people are still sitting in our jails?
It's a good thing that the Christian Fundamentalists don't consider DNA research to be against the teachings of God.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 02:04 AM
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9. Give 'em time
There's bound to be a verse in there somewhere they can use.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 03:35 AM
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11. The people who put him away should spend some time in jail
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vpigrad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-23-04 03:48 AM
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14. Exactly!
> "The people who put him away should spend some time in jail

The thugs in blue that lie and fabricate evidence should be punished, but they never are. We wouldn't have so many people wrongfully imprisoned if they pigs were honest.
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Mandate My Ass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 06:38 AM
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13. We gotta do away with that appeals process
we gave this guy room and board for 17 years and for what? Just to let him go? Rapists don't deserve appeal after appeal dragging on for decades. :eyes:
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