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Judge expected to clear man who died in prison

Posted: 04.07.2009 at 7:28 AM

First posthumous DNA exoneration

A state district judge is expected to formally clear a man who died in prison 13 years into a 25-year sentence for a rape he did not commit, making him the first posthumous DNA exoneration in Texas history.

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