Jerry Lee Evans of Dallas, Texas is a free man as of yesterday after being freed by DNA samples for a rape he had maintained he didn’t commit. Dallas News reports:
Evans was wrongly convicted in the 1986 rape of an 18-year-old Southern Methodist University freshman who was abducted on her way to go dancing in Deep Ellum, near downtown Dallas. Prosecutors now say that police told her to pick Evans out of a lineup.
Evans said Wednesday that he never thought he would be convicted because he was innocent. Evans’ appearance was very similar to that of the attacker. At the time, he even had a speech impediment like the rapist. Evans, wearing a new gray shirt and charcoal pants, did not speak with an impediment Wednesday, although his voice was very soft.
“My whole thing was that when the young lady would see me in court, she’d say it wasn’t me,” he said. “I was shocked.” Still, Evans holds no ill will against anyone. He’s just happy to be free, he said. “I’m not angry at all,” he said.
Jerry appeared on CNN’s Larry King show last night where his representative said that Texas has a newly passed bill that makes him eligible for $80,000 for each year he was held captive in a lump sum ($1.76 million) and then $80,000 payable each year.
Evans was wrongly convicted in the 1986 rape of an 18-year-old Southern Methodist University freshman who was abducted on her way to go dancing in Deep Ellum, near downtown Dallas. Prosecutors now say that police told her to pick Evans out of a lineup.
Evans said Wednesday that he never thought he would be convicted because he was innocent. Evans’ appearance was very similar to that of the attacker. At the time, he even had a speech impediment like the rapist. Evans, wearing a new gray shirt and charcoal pants, did not speak with an impediment Wednesday, although his voice was very soft.
“My whole thing was that when the young lady would see me in court, she’d say it wasn’t me,” he said. “I was shocked.” Still, Evans holds no ill will against anyone. He’s just happy to be free, he said. “I’m not angry at all,” he said.
Jerry appeared on CNN’s Larry King show last night where his representative said that Texas has a newly passed bill that makes him eligible for $80,000 for each year he was held captive in a lump sum ($1.76 million) and then $80,000 payable each year.
(Source:TheLifeFiles)
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