August 21, 2008
Fact Finders
Wrongfully Convicted
Hundreds of inmates set free because of new DNA technology
Imagine being thrown behind bars for a crime you didn't commit? It happens more often than you think.
Mary Murphy tell us how hundreds of inmates are being released from jail because of new DNA technology in a Fact Finders investigation.
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