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packy
09-10-2009, 09:12 AM
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/09/wrongfully_convicted_caravella.phpUPDATED:

(Excerpts and much more at link with picture)

Wrongfully Convicted Caravella Being Freed From Jail
By Bob Norman Tuesday, Sep. 8 2009 @ 6:06PMIt's a good day for justice. Anthony Caravella, who was wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of Ada Cox-Jankowski when he was 15 years old, is being freed from the Broward County Jail right now, according to the Public Defender's Office. He's now 41 years old after losing 26 years of his life to a crime he didn't commit.

Judge Rodriguez-Powell signed a stipulated agreement with SAO and the Public Defender's Office late this afternoon to allow Caravella to go free. "[Chief Assistant Public Defender] Diane Cuddihy is at jail now getting him out," wrote Public Defender Howard Finkelstein in an email, adding one more word: "FREEDOM

News article. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1225198.html

Buffalogirl
09-10-2009, 10:45 AM
wow I feel for him all that time wasted! Poor guy!

PatC
09-10-2009, 12:04 PM
I'm afraid it's not just time wasted. Can you imagine how his life has been warped by this experience?

LiveLaughLuv
09-10-2009, 01:03 PM
Sorry, the link isn't working...did they find out through DNA evidence that he did not commit this crime?

26 years, the impact it will have on this man...his whole adult life incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit...I think the authorities owe this man big time...though, it won't compensate for his prom, graduation, wedding and children he missed out on...

I wish him the very best that life can offer him...:1222423: