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Criminal

Jan. 12, 2002

DNA Statute Allows Inmate To Go Free After 13 Years

SACRAMENTO - In the first case of its kind, a wrongfully convicted inmate has been freed under a new state DNA testing statute that was hailed as a landmark in criminal law when it took effect last January.

By Hudson Sangree
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SACRAMENTO - In the first case of its kind, a wrongfully convicted inmate has been freed under a new state DNA testing statute that was hailed as a landmark in criminal law when it took effect last January.
        Leonard J. McSherry, 51, was released Dec....

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