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Roy Brown was convicted in 1991 of the murder of a woman in Cayuga County. While in prison, through documents obtained through a FOIL request, Brown concluded that a man by the name of Barry Bench had actually committed the murder. In 2004, Brown sent Bench a letter, warning him that if he did not confess, he would seek DNA testing of the evidence. Five days later, Bench commited suicide. DNA tests positively excluded Brown as the perpetrator, and confirmed that Bench was the murderer.
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Alan Newton was convicted in 1985 of the brutal rape of a woman in the Bronx. After spending 11 years in prison, he requested DNA testing i n 1 9 9 4; however, the police claimed that they could not locate the trial evidence. Eleven years later, in 2005, the Innocence Project made another request, and the rape kit was located. Testing positively confirmed that Newton had not been the rapist, and he was exonerated in 2006. Newton, since then, has graduated from college, and is now pursuing a law career.
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Dennis Maher was featured in the documentary film, “After Innocence.” In 1984, Dennis was convicted in two separate trials of three rapes--two in Lowell, MA (where no biological evidence was introduced) and one in Ayers, MA (where biiological evidence was introduced but not tested). With the help of the Innocence Project, Dennis was exonerated in 2003 after DNA evidence positively excluded him as the perpetrator of all three rapes. He spent a total of 21 years in prison before his exoneration.
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