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NE - 5 Inmates Get Pardon After Real Killer Identified

View the article here 01/26/2009 OMAHA - Five people wrongly convicted of a 1985 Beatrice murder have been pardoned. Three of the six people convicted in the rape and slaying of a 68-year-old Helen Wilson spent nearly 20 years in prison. One didn't seek a pardon because his conviction was overturned. It's the first time in Nebraska history that DNA evidence led to inmates being freed from prison. The pardon, granted Monday by the state's three-member Board of Pardons, doesn't expunge their criminal records. But it does restore their civil rights, such as the right to vote, serve in the military and be issued a passport. After the exoneration last year, Attorney General Jon Bruning (Contact) said, "Twenty years ago, in the deal of making a community feel safe again to solve an unthinkable crime, the former county attorney and some members of law enforcement bullied six innocent people into admitting crimes they didn't commit...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).