Man Freed Years After Conviction

Man Freed Years After Conviction

“…Had he admitted to raping a woman in 1985, he could have left prison on parole. Had he just agreed to enter a sex-offender treatment program, he might have kept some personal privileges.

But Pierce would not, insisting for 15 years that he was not a rapist. “I stood my ground for all these years, and I wasn’t about to bow down now,” he said.

On Monday, Pierce, 39, walked out of prison after prosecutors confirmed that he had been wrongfully convicted of rape, based partly on testimony from a police chemist now under investigation for incorrectly identifying evidence…”