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DNA evidence clears Pennsylvania man's murder conviction after 34 years DNA evidence clears Pennsylvania man's murder conviction after 34 years
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A Pennsylvania judge is vacating the murder conviction of a man who has been in prison for 34 years in the shooting death of a 15-year-old, citing new DNA evidence. A man who spent 34 years in a Pennsylvania prison for the shooting death of a 15-year-old-girl will be set free after a judge vacated his murder conviction, citing new DNA evidence.
The Innocence Project says a senior visiting judge issued the order Thursday in Indiana County favoring 63-year-old Lewis Fogle. Fogle is being released on bond later in the day because he remains charged. The Innocence Project said a senior visiting judge issued the order Thursday in Indiana County in favor of 63-year-old Lewis Fogle, who is to be released on bond later in the day.
The judge’s decision stems from a joint motion by the Innocence Project and district attorney Patrick Dougherty. The judge’s decision stems from a joint motion by the Innocence Project and district attorney Patrick Dougherty. The Innocence project pressed police to test old physical evidence; sperm found on the victim was proven to belong to someone other than Fogle.
Dougherty will review other evidence before deciding whether to retry Fogle. He will announce that decision on 14 September. Fogle, who remains charged, will be free until 14 September, when Dougherty completes a review other evidence before deciding whether to retry him.
Fogle has denied killing the girl in 1976. He was the only one of four people arrested in March 1981 to be tried. “The fact that his DNA did not show up in the test simply says that we may not have the sufficient evidence to prosecute on a felony murder,” Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty told CBS Pittsburgh. “The evidence existed, the technology didn’t really exist back in the early 80’s to the degree and to the specificity and sophistication that it does now.”
Fogle has denied killing Deanna Long in 1976. He was the only one of four people arrested in March 1981 to be tried.
His wife, Deb, spoke to CBS Pittsburgh from the courthouse steps on Thursday. “He’s my husband and I love him,” she said. “It’s been a long, long process.”