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...Exoneration: When Byrd was tried in 1989 in Harris County, Texas, DNA testing was not admissible. He had served 12 years in prison before DNA found at the rape scene was proven to exclude Byrd. He was freed and pardoned by then Texas Gov. George W. Bush in 1997. That year, he told Larry King that he is not angry with the judge who convicted him or the victim who falsely identified him. "I'm just not angry. I don't hold grudges," he said...
...Crime: A man broke into a woman's Clinton, Mich., home in April 1994, sexually assaulting her several times. Before leaving her home, the man, who wore a nylon stocking over his head, forced the victim to drink soda and wipe her underwear to discard of any DNA evidence he could have left behind. The victim assisted police in creating a composite sketch, and, although she said it was only about 60% accurate, the produced image looked like Wyniemko, then 43, who was being held on a misdemeanor charge. He was convicted of criminal sexual conduct, armed robbery and breaking...
...Exoneration: During the investigation, police found DNA evidence on the victim's sheets and clothing, but it was never analyzed. In 2003, the Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division tested the items found at the scene of the crime, which contained DNA from the victim's husband as well as that from another man who was not Wyniemko. "The first thing I want to do right now is go to church and say some prayers of thanks," Wyniemko said after his conviction was overturned in 2003. He served 8.5 years in prison...
...Exoneration: In 2006, 23 years after his conviction, some of the DNA from a rape kit that had never been tested was found not to belong to Waller. A judge vacated his conviction and Gov. Rick Perry officially pardoned him on March 9, 2007. He was the 200th person the Innocence Project exonerated. "I want to get married again," he told CNN. "I want a wife and I want a baby and I'll probably will name her Grace... If I have a boy, I may name him Mercy...
...Exoneration: In 1997, after several failed attempts for a new trial, the Innocence Project took on Johnson's case, filing an extraordinary motion for a new trial, which would allow DNA testing from the rape kit to be conducted. DNA from the kit did not match Johnson's, and after a new trial in 1999, the District Attorney dropped all charges. "I don't see any reason to harbor any bitterness," Johnson said after his release. "If you hold something like that inside you, it just destroys you. Now it's time for me to go on with my life...