GIST: "After being imprisoned on a life sentence for a rape he did not commit, a Tarrant County man is close to being given the justice that has eluded him for almost 25 years. David Lee Wiggins was convicted for the 1988 sexual assault of a 14-year-old Fort Worth girl who said the attacker broke into her home. Although the rapist reportedly put a towel over the girl's face, she said she removed it three times and later identified the man as Wiggins. Even though motions for DNA testing were filed before and after his trial, they were denied because the judge and prosecutors didn't believe the technology was good enough at the time to get results using the limited amount of biological material available. But Wiggins kept saying he was innocent. After his attorney filed for post-conviction DNA testing in 2007, the Tarrant County district attorney's office agreed, but a nationally recognized laboratory "issued three reports with mixed results," the office said in a news release. The Innocence Project of Texas kept trying on Wiggins' behalf. In August 2010, the organization sought more-sophisticated testing. This month, results from a California lab excluded Wiggins as the rapist."
The entire story can be found at:
See: KVUE story (August 24, 2012) on his release:
http://www.kvue.com/news/167393765.html
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
