Another murder conviction overturned on DNA evidence. ARE YOU LISTENING ARKANSAS? [View all]
I knew this day would come one day
"Evin King, 59, was convicted of killing his girlfriend, Crystal Hudson, in 1994 and sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 15 years. But with advances in DNA testing confirming his innocence, King is set to be released Wednesday.
Hudson was found strangled and beaten in a closet in her apartment. At the time of Kings conviction, the DNA samples gathered as evidence couldnt be tested. After the Ohio branch of the Innocence Project took up Kings case, the organization successfully motioned for new DNA testing in 2008. Forensics later revealed that while the samples gathered from semen found in Hudsons body and in skin cells underneath her fingernails matched, they didnt come from King. He began filing for his freedom in 2010."
https://news.vice.com/story/cleveland-man-evin-king-will-be-released-after-23-years-in-prison
ARKANSAS, Don't put these men to death until all DNA tests that could prove their innocence/guilt. A drug's shelf life shouldn't determine if people die in the first place, but lets at least exhaust the possibilities of our mistakes if we have the ability to do so.