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Texan declared innocent after 30 years in prison

Posted By Walter Schneider On January 4, 2011 @ 8:47 pm In Violence by Proxy, False Allegations, Judiciary, Men's Issues | No Comments

statesman.com; Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011

By JEFF CARLTON

The Associated Press

DALLAS — A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free — if only he would admit he was a sex offender. But Cornelius Dupree Jr. refused to do so, doggedly maintaining his innocence in a 1979 rape and robbery, in the process serving more time for a crime he didn’t commit than any other Texas inmate exonerated by DNA evidence.

“Whatever your truth is, you have to stick with it,” Dupree, 51, said Tuesday, minutes after a Dallas judge overturned his conviction….([1] Full Story)

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