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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: luckee on November 19, 2002, 09:41:17 AM
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:rolleyes:
now this is just fu*ked up. he spent 20 years in prison for something he didn\'t commit and..... (see bold text below). I woudn\'t be surprised if more Maryland shootings started happening - I\'d probably do the same.
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DNA evidence that freed one man in rape case leads to another\'s arrest
BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- Police used DNA evidence to arrest a man on rape charges after DNA testing exonerated another man who served two decades in prison for the crime.
Bernard Webster was convicted of the assault but was released Nov. 7 after DNA tests proved he could not have been the rapist. Darren Powell, 36, was arrested Monday morning as he walked to work, Baltimore County police said.
Investigators reopened the case and reviewed it with technology that did not exist in 1982, when Webster was convicted. The 20-year-old evidence was submitted to Maryland\'s Combined DNA Index System, a statewide database set up in 1994 and maintained by the Maryland State Police.
In Maryland, felons must submit DNA samples through an oral swab. Because Powell had been convicted of a previous felony, his DNA was in the database, which allowed investigators to get an arrest warrant.
Powell faces charges of first- and second-degree rape, first-degree assault, first-degree sex offense and first-degree burglary.
He was being held without bail in the Baltimore County Detention Center.
Webster was 19 when a 47-year-old teacher identified him as the man who broke into her home and raped her in 1982.
Webster\'s lawyers said he wasn\'t entitled to compensation from the state for his time in prison, and he has no family, job or home.
Two Baltimore-area state senators have pledged that if neither the governor nor the governor-elect takes steps to compensate him, they will push for a bill that pays him for his time behind bars.
On Nov. 7, Baltimore County Circuit Judge Christian M. Kahl ordered Webster freed, saying, "Justice moves slow at times, and in your case, it moved very, very slow."
Webster, 40, was the third person in Maryland and the 115th nationwide to have a conviction overturned by DNA evidence, according to the nonprofit Innocence Project in New York.
Webster, who has been living in temporary housing since his release, has been following up on job offers since his exoneration became public, according to the state public defender\'s office. He has declined requests for interviews.
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this kind of stuff happens all the time
makes me wonder how he got blamed in the 1st place
i doubt they randomly picked him up off the street
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And you wonder why they always say they\'re innocent. Hell I\'m sure more times than you could imagine, they aren\'t lying.
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This is exactly why I\'m against capital punisment.
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Originally posted by mm
this kind of stuff happens all the time
i doubt they randomly picked him up off the street
For an answer to that, refer to your first sentence. :)
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Originally posted by mm
this kind of stuff happens all the time
i doubt they randomly picked him up off the street
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u dont know the us government
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:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by ben_high
This is exactly why I\'m against capital punisment.
I\'m for it as long as they are 110% sure its the guy with rock hard evidence. Too many people were executed and were innocent. Good thing DNA is used. People on death row are now free.
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Originally posted by i stole this name
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Originally posted by mm
this kind of stuff happens all the time
i doubt they randomly picked him up off the street
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u dont know the us government
Hehe. He lives in the US. Try not to make make accusations like that, (I\'m just assuming you were, don\'t take it personal). Not everyone from here lives in another country. Kopking, ooseven, Rick are UKers. Unicron is Cyprusian. I\'m American, and the list goes on. BTW, welcome.
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Why dont you watch your stupid accusations and who you call a moron b/c you may find yourself in the boat.
The statement he made doesnt necessarily mean he was saying mm was from another country.
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Don\'t take it so seriously luckee. I was just kidding. Besides, I was in that boat. Remember? I\'ll find the post.
Here, just to prove I\'m a moron.
Me:
Way ta be late Ryu
Ryu
You\'re a moron
I thought that Ryu posted something that was already posted but it was Rya :)