DNA helps clear man of rape

[jayfish]

Source: The Grand Rapids Press

It would be another two days before Applewhite, 29, and his mother learned from a Press reporter Friday that Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth had dismissed the first-degree sexual assault charges against him for an alleged March 3 attack on a 50-year-old woman near downtown.

A lack of DNA evidence tying Applewhite to the crime, the accuser's changing story, and Applewhite's passing of two polygraph tests all contributed to Forsyth dropping the felony charges, which carry a sentence of up to life in prison.

Now, after spending nearly six months in the Kent County Jail, Applewhite is left to pick up the pieces of his life. He was evicted from his apartment while behind bars, and his belongings were set out on the curb.

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I read this story in the paper this morning and it made me sick. Our criminal justice system is a joke.

Jay