DNA tests lead to freeing of convict
From Times Wire Reports
A decorated Vietnam veteran convicted of rape 25 years ago became a free man after a judge in Dallas ruled he probably wouldn’t have been found guilty if DNA testing had been available at the time.
Specialized DNA testing performed this year proved Larry Fuller, 57, was not the assailant who raped a Dallas woman in her home. Fuller has spent about two decades in prison for the crime.
“My faith was tested and I won,” he said, trembling slightly as he left the courthouse carrying two worn paperback Bibles.
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