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NC - She sent him to jail for rape; now they?re friends

View the article here 03/10/2009 By Mike Celizic - TODAYShow.com contributor DNA evidence exonerated him; today they?re co-authors fighting for justice For 11 years, a North Carolina woman slept comfortably, secure in the knowledge that she had put the man who raped her in prison for life. And for 11 years, that man endured the endless days of confinement praying that someday, somehow, his innocence would be proved. On Tuesday, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and the man she mistakenly put in prison, Ronald Cotton, shared a couch on the TODAY show as they told co-host Meredith Vieira a tale about pain and redemption ? and the tricks that memory can play on people with the best intentions. ?This can happen to anyone. And hopefully it does not happen to them,? Cotton told Vieira...continue to full post

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