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Criminal

Nov. 26, 2002

Freed by DNA, He's Still Inside

SAN FRANCISCO - Albert Kent Johnson can't win for losing. First, he was convicted in 1992 of a rape he didn't commit - all because the victim misidentified him in a line-up.

        SAN FRANCISCO - Albert Kent Johnson can't win for losing.
        First, he was convicted in 1992 of a rape he didn't commit - all because the victim misidentified him in a line-up.
        Now, seven weeks after Johnson was exonerated of that crime through DNA evidence, the 41-year-old black man remains incarcerated because of a prison disc...

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