DNA Tests Free Man Serving Life for Rape
A man who served 16 years of a life sentence for rape was released from prison after a second DNA test showed he didn’t commit the crime.
“I feel great,” Gene Bibbins said in New Orleans. “After 16 years, I feel good.”
The conviction of Bibbins remains in place because the test results are classified as preliminary. Once they are official, the conviction can be reversed; meanwhile, Bibbins is free on $5,000 bond.
Bibbins is the first person set free under a new Louisiana law that gives prisoners greater access to DNA testing.
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