packy
05-27-2008, 08:02 PM
Dean Cage said he was home at the time of the attack on a 15-year-old girl in 1994. DNA has helped exonerate him.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-dna-exonerates-prisoner-webmay28,0,5734277.story
Dean Cage, 41, was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 40 years in prison despite his assertions that he was innocent and was home at the time of the attack.
Attorney Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the New York-based Innocence Project, which investigates wrongful convictions, said that he was informed by the Cook County state's attorney's office that it had the case dismissed after DNA tests eliminated Cage as the victim's attacker.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-dna-exonerates-prisoner-webmay28,0,5734277.story
Dean Cage, 41, was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 40 years in prison despite his assertions that he was innocent and was home at the time of the attack.
Attorney Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the New York-based Innocence Project, which investigates wrongful convictions, said that he was informed by the Cook County state's attorney's office that it had the case dismissed after DNA tests eliminated Cage as the victim's attacker.