The Nation - News from April 16, 1985

A lie-detector test taken by Cathleen Crowell Webb, 23, backs her claim that she lied in testimony that sent Gary Dotson to prison for rape six years ago, her attorney, John McLario, said in Menomonee Falls, Wis. Dotson was convicted in 1979 of raping Webb in 1977. Although she recanted her original testimony, an Illinois judge last week refused to accept her new testimony and ordered Dotson, who had been freed on bond, back to prison. McLario said the test results should prompt Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson to act quickly to grant executive clemency. Thompson’s office has said Dotson would have to follow the normal petition procedure, which probably could take until the end of the year.