News News Exoneration 295th Person to be Exonerated Using DNA
295th Person to be Exonerated Using DNA
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- Published on Friday, 20 July 2012 08:44
- Written by Patty Pursell
On July 19th, the Innocence Project announced that Sedrick Courtney became the 295th person to be exonerated using DNA evidence. According to the Innocence project, "Sedrick Courtney was wrongfully convicted of an armed robbery and burglary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and spent 15 years in prison and a year on parole before DNA testing proved his innocence. He first requested DNA testing ten years ago, but the Tulsa Police Department repeatedly claimed the evidence had been destroyed, until finally discovering they still had the evidence in their possession last year.
Send Sedrick Courtney a message of support using the Innocence Project's action center!"
The perseverance of a law student is what allowed this man to be exonerated. For more information go to the Innocence Project.
