'I apologize because he was failed.' A judge and assistant district attorney apologize after a man who spent 28 years behind bars had his conviction overturned, his charges dropped and is now fully exonerated.
Chester Hollman spent 28 years behind bars, knowing every single day that he served that he is innocent.
As part of the Conviction Integrity Unit's probe, investigators determined that when that witness recanted in 2012, a detective who denied her claims had accusations of wrongdoing made against him in another case, which would have raised doubts about his integrity to the judge when presented with the witness's new testimony in 2012.
"We believe it was near-impossible Chester Hollman was the perpetrator of the crime," Assistant District Attorney Patricia Cummings, head of the Conviction Integrity Unit, said in court on Tuesday, according to the newspaper. Tauber said that he's"never" seen that extent of a formal apology in the two or three exoneration cases he has handled previously, and found it"very remarkable" and"extraordinarily gratifying."
Tauber told ABC News that Hollman is now staying with his father in Wilmington, Delaware, as he adjusts to his newfound freedom.
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