By WABC via CNNWHITE PLAINS, New York (WABC) — The last time Leonard Mack walked into the Westchester County Courthouse he was in handcuffs, about to be sentenced to prison for rape. In 1975, the Vietnam veteran was charged with tying up two high school students at gunpoint, brutally raping one of them. The Innocence Project took up the case and the Westchester District Attorney Office’s Conviction Review Unit had DNA evidence tested, something that didn’t exist at the time of his trial. Not only did it clear Mack, it linked another man to the crime, who confessed. District Attorney Miriam Rocah pointed out that the wrongful conviction not only robbed Mack of his freedom, but it also failed the public.

Source: CNN September 06, 2023 08:48 UTC