Arcane Rule Keeps Innocent Man in Virginia Prison
Recanted testimony came too late
Cops also threatened him to extort a confession
Had connection with chemist who fudged tests
Case became a cause for activists for the mentally disabled
DNA evidence played a big role in springing Damon Thibodeaux
Chemist altered test results, forged signatures for about two to three years, affecting tens of thousands of cases
Witness says LAPD pressured him into perjuring himself
Man spent more than two decades behind bars for rape.
He had been wrongly convicted of murder of an elderly woman
A jury set him free, but publicizing his sex life made him into "roadkill"
Defendants had been wrongly convicted of gun possession, which was perfectly legal in their cases
Prosecutors agree they committed no crimes, so why are they jailed?