Inmate Cleared by DNA Faces Stabbing Charge
From Times Wire Reports
A man who spent nearly 20 years in prison for rape before a DNA test exonerated him and implicated his brother has been accused of stabbing a different brother in a dispute over firewood.
Clyde Charles, 49, was booked in Houma on an attempted murder charge that carries 10 to 50 years in prison. He was jailed on $100,000 bail.
Arnold Charles, 44, was stabbed in the side with a long-bladed knife “because he burned wood that belonged to Clyde,” Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. The victim was listed in fair condition.
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