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Charles Chatman Released from Prison

Atlanta,GA 1/03/2008 06:38 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)


Charles Chatman, 47, spent 27 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.  Convicted of aggravated sexual assault in 1981, Chatman was sentenced 99 years in prison.


After reviewing new DNA evidence, a Texas judge suggested that his sentence be overturned.


According to the Innocence Project, Chatman is just one of thirty inmates in Dallas County to be set free by DNA testing.  


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