DNA evidence shows brothers, who are severely disabled and were teenagers when arrested in 1983, were wrongly convicted.
The two mentally impaired half-brothers have been freed after serving three decades in a US prison for the rape and murder of a child after DNA evidence proved they were not guilty.

A judge in Robeson County said on Tuesday that Henry Lee McCollum, 50, North Carolina state's longest-serving death-row inmate, and Leon Brown, 46, were innocent of the 1983 rape and killing of 11-year-old Sabrina Buie after the evidence came to light.

Both are severely intellectually disabled and were teenagers at the time of their arrests in 1983, the AFP news agency reported.

Following false confessions, McCollum was given a death sentence and Brown was serving life for the rape.

"This case highlights in a most dramatic manner the importance of finding the truth," said Ann Kirby, Brown's lawyer.

"Today, truth has prevailed, but it comes 30 years too late for Sabrina Buie and her family, and for Leon, Henry, and their families.

"Their sadness, grief, and loss will remain with them forever."

North Carolina state law now requires murder interrogations to be recorded or videotaped, but at the time the brothers were convicted such laws were not in effect.

There were no recordings of the confessions, which contained details that authorities now acknowledge were factually impossible

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/09/us-men-found-innocent-after-30-years-jail-201493561841433.html

Jona ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Ti iro ba lo logun odun, ojo kan ni ooto ma ba!

Oh my God! This is too sad!
...but the article didn't say whether they've got the person who actually committed the crime.

Under Islam, they would have been dead 30 years ago.
Their stone crushed bones would have decayed.

Reminds me of one of my favorite books. "The innocent man" by john grisham... This is the beauty of an advanced legal system. No matter how long it takes as long as you try hard and arm yourself with your facts, justice will prevail. Can it ever happen in nigeria? I can boldly say about 40% of everybody currently rotting nigerian prisons are innocent!

They just have to be black men!!!
THE BIGGEST WHITE LIE EVER TOLD:
The only race that matters is the human race

Things like this only happen to black people,the law is so quick to persecute blacks without any investigation.they should be compensated by the government and the judge that persecuted them should be removed from his office!

CheeNayNay: Things like this only happen to black people,the law is so quick to persecute blacks without any investigation.they should be compensated by the government and the judge that persecuted them should be removed from his office!

In Maury Povich's voice *lady, why are you so angry*

can't the judiciary or the judge be sued?

Things like this only happens to the black the whites are racist look at the way they have wasted 30 years of the man's life he has to start from the scratch now he should be compensated.

woow

tit: Under Islam, they would have been dead 30 years ago.
Their stone crushed bones would have decayed.

Instead of talking about your country dysfunctional legal system, you talking about religion. This is how you people start grudges against others. Is it not in your country where thieves get beat up before police arrive?. A jungle justice system in 21st century.

This is Islam legal system in action
http://www.christianpost.com/news/iranian-mother-forgives-sons-killer-and-spares-his-life-just-moments-before-public-execution-118154/

careytommy: can't the judiciary or the judge be sued?

It might not be judge's fault. It could have been due to "evidence" presented. And jury actually decide guilty or not guilty. Judges read the judgment.

ladies and gentle men this is the true story of what happen to black people in the west,learn it all does white worshiping black people