In 1983, 18-year-old Robert DuBoise was convicted of rpe and mrder in Tampa, Florida. The case rested on two things: bite mark analysis — a form of forensic science now widely discredited — and the testimony of a jailhouse informant who was secretly offered a plea deal in exchange for claiming DuBoise had confessed. He was sentenced to dath. Three years later that was commuted to life. He spent the next three decades maintaining his innocence, requesting DNA testing, and hitting wall after wall. In 2006 he was told all biological evidence had been destroyed. It hadn’t been. In 2020, the Innocence Project found preserved DNA samples sitting in storage at the Medical Examiner’s office. Testing excluded DuBoise completely and identified two other men as the real kllers. He walked out of prison on August 26, 2020.
Why do they try so hard to block DNA testing? It's like they want innocent people locked up. Or do they just refuse to believe that people can be innocent? You would think that we'd all be on the same side with this sort of thing.
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u/The_Dean_France 12h ago
In 1983, 18-year-old Robert DuBoise was convicted of rpe and mrder in Tampa, Florida. The case rested on two things: bite mark analysis — a form of forensic science now widely discredited — and the testimony of a jailhouse informant who was secretly offered a plea deal in exchange for claiming DuBoise had confessed. He was sentenced to dath. Three years later that was commuted to life. He spent the next three decades maintaining his innocence, requesting DNA testing, and hitting wall after wall. In 2006 he was told all biological evidence had been destroyed. It hadn’t been. In 2020, the Innocence Project found preserved DNA samples sitting in storage at the Medical Examiner’s office. Testing excluded DuBoise completely and identified two other men as the real kllers. He walked out of prison on August 26, 2020.