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Feb 7, 1:59 AM EST
Judge clears dead Texas man of rape conviction
By JIM VERTUNO
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A man who died in prison while serving time for a rape he didn't commit was cleared Friday by a judge who called the state's first posthumous DNA exoneration "the saddest case" he'd ever seen.
State District Judge Charles Baird ordered Timothy Cole's record expunged.
Cole was convicted of raping a Texas Tech University student in Lubbock in 1985 and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He died in 1999 at age 39 from asthma complications.
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Judge clears dead Texas man of rape conviction
By JIM VERTUNO
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A man who died in prison while serving time for a rape he didn't commit was cleared Friday by a judge who called the state's first posthumous DNA exoneration "the saddest case" he'd ever seen.
State District Judge Charles Baird ordered Timothy Cole's record expunged.
Cole was convicted of raping a Texas Tech University student in Lubbock in 1985 and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He died in 1999 at age 39 from asthma complications.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DNA_EXONERATION_DEAD_INMATE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US
You might want to check out the photo at link for further insight.
