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Criminal

Oct. 5, 2002

Inmate Is Freed After DNA Test

SAN FRANCISCO - A man who has served 10 years in prison was ordered released Thursday by a Martinez judge based on DNA testing that proved him innocent of a rape charge.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A man who has served 10 years in prison was ordered released Thursday by a Martinez judge based on DNA testing that proved him innocent of a rape charge.
        Albert Kent Johnson became the first inmate in Northern California to exonerate himself using a 2001 state law that makes...

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