Man Regains Freedom After Spending 25 Years in Jail, Following New Evidence He Did Not Commit The Rape and Murder
Category: World News
A Philadelphia man walked free after 25 years behind bars as DNA evidence proved he did not rape and murder his neighbor.
Anthony Wright, 44, was 20 years old when he was convicted in the death
of 77-year-old Louise Talley in the Nicetown neighborhood.
Authorities found her naked body on the floor of her home in October
1991. Talley had been raped and stabbed 10 times with a kitchen knife in
the back, chest and neck.
Wright was taken into custody the following day. He was serving a term
of life without parole when new DNA testing showed another man had raped
Talley.
Authorities inspected sperm found inside Talley's body and found none of
Wright's DNA. It was Ronnie Byrd, a former crack addict from Nicetown,
who assaulted her, tests showed in 2014.
Wright had initially told police he had taken money from Talley before
killing her. He later took back his confession and said he had been
coerced into giving it. The detectives, who have since retired, denied
having pressured Wright to confess, according to The Philadelphia
Inquirer.
A jury of seven women and five men deliberated for less than two hours before declaring Wright not guilty on Tuesday.
Wright walked free a few hours later, surrounded by his relatives. His
father, his 28-year-old son and his two granddaughters, 1 and 8 years
old, witnessed his first moments as a free man.
'I can't even put it into words right now, man,' Wright told The
Philadelphia Inquirer. 'It's unbelievable. It's the greatest day of my
life.'
Wright's mother has died. His 63-year-old father plans to take Wright to
Florida, where he lives, before Wright goes back to Philadelphia.
This is the 344th time someone in the United States is exonerated thanks
to DNA evidence according to the Innocence Project, which led Wright's
defense.
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There's no justcice anywhere in the world. Just always pray to God against set up
ReplyDeleteAfter having grand children in jail. Too bad, is he going to be rewarded?
ReplyDeleteWhat if this new evidence was not gotten? Does that mean the man would have rotted in jail forever for an offense he did not commit? This shows that a lot of people are being jailed innocently!
ReplyDeleteFake DNA tests
ReplyDeleteHmm, what a world!
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