He spent two decades in prison for church murders. New DNA evidence shows someone else did it
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A man who spent two decades in prison for a 1985 double homicide during church bible study has been exonerated, with all charges against him dropped.
Newly discovered DNA evidence from a hair sample shows Dennis A. Perry, 59, "may have been acquitted if that evidence had been available" during his 2003 trial for the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain in Georgia, according to a news release from Glynn County District Attorney Keith Higgins. Perry, formerly of Camden County, Georgia, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences following his arrest in 2000. His subsequent conviction was overturned in July, and Higgins' office announced Monday that prosecutors will not re-try him.More Related News