Man Freed Years After Conviction<\/a><\/p>\n“…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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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…”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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