Black Man Who Spent 31 Years In Jail Exonerated Of Rape He Didn’t Commit
Subject
Exonerated; Wrongful Conviction
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A judge has vacated the conviction of an Oklahoma man who spent 31 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, KFOR reports.
Perry Lott was convicted of rape in 1988 after the victim picked him out of a police lineup. No physical evidence linked Lott to the incident.
According to the Innocence Project, an organization that works to free those wrongfully convicted, a DNA test from the victim’s rape kit proved Lott’s innocence in 2014. The state, however, didn’t believe the results and thought the rape kit was contaminated.
A former district attorney gave Lott a settlement agreement, which put the Oklahoma man on probation for life.
On Tuesday (October 10), Lott was exonerated of the crime.
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Black Information Network
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CHICAGO DEFENDER
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