Man spends 32 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit

[Akiokee]

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Seriously, unsaon kaha nimo pag recover ani?. napriso syag edad 19 and he's 50 now.

A Chicago man who spent more than 30 years behind bars before DNA evidence helped overturn his conviction in the rape and killing of a 3-year-old girl was released from prison late Friday, just hours after prosecutors dropped the case against him.

An Illinois appeals court in March had ordered a new trial for 50-year-old Andre Davis after tests found that DNA taken from the scene of the 1980 killing of Brianna Stickle wasn't his.

DNA testing wasn't available in 1980. But in 2004, Davis requested that evidence gathered at the scene of Briana's death be DNA tested.

According to the tests, blood and semen found at the scene weren't from Davis.

Read More: Chicago man who spent 30 years behind bars leaves prison after murder case dropped | Fox News

[tikotakz]

mka igon to.. mka baws rko nmo!!!

[bamboostix2011]

dili na lalim oi ma priso lang ka sa pasangil ka losx2 ana TS oi

[michaelocana]

govt will pay all the damages broo

[marbei]

now he is 50 live life to the fullest!

[machinecult]

Di ko ganahan sa storya. Everything points to him. So its not his DNA but he still could have something to do with it.

Reitz said that while she didn't doubt the results of the DNA tests, she decided not to retry Davis because of the difficulty in taking a 32-year-old case to trial — not because of those tests.
"After 30 years, witnesses are either deceased, missing or no longer credible to testify," said Rietz, who has been state's attorney in Champaign County since 2004. "Based on the age of the case and the current state of the evidence, we elected to dismiss."

Davis was arrested shortly after Briana was found on Aug. 8, 1980, in a house on the street where she lived with her mother and stepfather in Rantoul.

According to trial testimony, Davis — who was 19 at the time — was visiting his father in Rantoul. He spent the day the girl died drinking at the home where she was eventually found with the two brothers who lived there. At some point the brothers left, leaving Davis there alone.


Briana's stepfather, Rand Spragg, said he left the girl playing in the family's front yard and last saw her sitting under a tree.


The family later searched for her. She was found in the brothers' home, naked and under bed clothes in a utility room. She died that night at a local hospital.


An acquaintance of Davis told police that Davis said he'd killed "a woman" at the home.


DNA testing wasn't available in 1980. But in 2004, Davis requested that evidence gathered at the scene of Briana's death be DNA tested.

[crossramz]

govt will pay all the damages broo

What if sa ato country ni mahitabo? bayaran gihapon?

[cloudduster]

What if sa ato country ni mahitabo? bayaran gihapon?

mga papuri og pasalamat ra. expert kaayo ang nga pinas diha. apilan pud og hilak hilak.

[mio]

Bisag instant millionaire, di ka bayran imong pag antos ui.

[mrvs19]

pastilan pagka walaay ayo sa mga naghawid ana nga case.. gpaantos tawn ug 30years, file cya ug damages..