Freed man seeks compensation for almost 40 years in prison on wrongful rape conviction

Malcolm Alexander, 62, was freed after DNA from evidence collected at the rape scene matched neither the victim nor Alexander.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man imprisoned for nearly four decades until conviction in a 1979 rape was thrown out in 2018 is now fighting for compensation for being wrongfully convicted.

The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate  today! 

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