Man cleared after 12 years in jail dies in hit, run

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

What a bitch. How sad is this...

CHICAGO - A man who spent 12 years in prison for murder before new DNA testing exonerated him last year died in a hit-and-run as he walked on the city’s South Side.

The vehicle sped away after hitting Dan Young Jr., 45, Wednesday night, police said. He was pronounced dead Thursday, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Young had been released from prison in January 2005 after new testing on DNA evidence failed to link him and another man to the 1990 murder and sexual assault of Kathy Morgan, 39, whose body had been found in a South Side building after a fire.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12530294/

[Bunny]

1. That's sad.

Reminds me of that kidnapped boy in California, Steven Stayner. He was held captive for seven years, escaped his captor, and then died some years later in a motorcycle accident.

[FreakinDJ]

3. and his brother committed 3 murders

that was trully a tragic end to the story

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

5. Was it his brother who killed Morgan?

[fudge stripe cookays]

6. No the murders in Yosemite in 1999.

The mother and her daughter with their South American friend, and then an environmentalist living at Yosemite.

[Dinger]

7. Wasn't The The Corey Stayner (sp?) Killings?

I'm not sure.

[Bunny]

9. Yes.

[Bunny]

10. Yeah, that whole family had some pretty hard times.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Damn. Hope they catch the guy who hit him.

[FreakinDJ]

4. Vigilantly justice

[Dinger]

8. I Did read That There will Be An Investigation

Not that that'll do anything. Sad story. At least he got out before he died.

[pitohui]

11. well isn't that convenient

sounds like the state just saved itself a boatload of money, didn't they

[Dinger]

12. That Was My First Thought (nt)