DNA tests clear wrongfully convicted man after 16-year imprisonment

‘A wrongfully convicted man was exonerated after serving 16 years behind bars on rape and sexual assault charges. DNA results not only conclusively showed Luis Vargas to be innocent, but also that a notorious rapist is still on the loose.

The California Innocence Project at the San Diego-based California Western School of Law knew Luis Vargas, 46, was innocent of raping a 15-year-old girl and sexually assaulting two other women – not despite eyewitness testimony, but because of it.

“Bad eyewitness identifications are one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions,” Professor Justin Brooks, director of the California Innocence Project, said in a statement.’

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