Kansas City, Mo, (U.S.A)
Eddie lowery spent 10 years in prison after confessing to a rape of 75-year-old victim in the head with the handle of a silver table knife he found in the house, he did not commit. DNA evidence would later show that another man had committed the crime. He got a $7.5 million settlement. It is one such revelation out of a record compiled for more than 40 cases of confessions by Brandon L.Garrett, a Professor at the University of Virginia school of Law.
(The N.Y Times, [A13] Tuesday, September14, 2010)
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