Cleared Conn. man: Freedom like waking from coma
Kenneth Ireland recently got a good look at himself in a real mirror for the first time in more than 20 years, and realized just how much he had aged in prison.Technorati Tags: wrongful conviction, exoneration, dna evidence, dna testing, kenneth ireland, connecticut, innocence project, crime, law, murder, prison
A Connecticut judge on Wednesday dismissed murder and rape charges against Ireland, after DNA tests showed he could not have committed the crime.
Ireland is the third Connecticut inmate freed from prison in the past three years based on new DNA testing. The Connecticut Innocence Project represented all three men. More than 240 people nationwide have had wrongful convictions overturned by DNA testing, according to the group.
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