Texas News-Having a life away from your family is like living in darkness. Much worse if you are go behind bars for allegedly committed a serious crimes you know yourself you did not.
In FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) a man who spent more than two decades behind bars was finally freed from serving his sentence in jail. It was through DNA test that set him free. The test proved that he was truly innocent from the crime that was pointing on him.
David Lee Wiggins was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 1989 from raping a 14-year-old Fort Worth girl.
The DNA testing earlier this month excluded Wiggins as the person who committed the crime. Tarrant County prosecutors said DNA evidence demonstrated his innocence.
‘‘I hold no bitterness,’’ Wiggins said in court after the judge’s ruling. ‘‘I'm thankful to Jesus Christ. He said he could move mountains, and surely this was a mountain. ... And to the victim: I'm not mad at you. I don’t hold you responsible.’’
The truth will set you free. No matter how long it takes just don’t give up. Forgive those who do you wrong and you will be rewarded just like what happened to Wiggins.
After his conviction is formally reversed, Wiggins will be eligible for $80,000 a year in compensation that Texas pays to wrongfully convicted ex-inmates.
The amount he will received cannot compensate for the years that was lost to him and to his family. But it was a big help for him to start a something new and to have a better life outside the prison.
Wiggins would be the second person to have a conviction overturned by DNA in Tarrant County since 2001. It only shows that mistaken identity in Texas is serious.
Wiggins said he agreed to be in a police lineup in 1988 because he knew that he didn’t commit the crime and thought he had nothing to worry about. Instead, it led to a 24-year nightmare that ended Friday.
‘‘I always believed the truth would come out,’’ he said.
Having mistaken as a criminal could destroy everything you have. It is a very serious crime that should be stop because it can ruin the life of innocent people.
In FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) a man who spent more than two decades behind bars was finally freed from serving his sentence in jail. It was through DNA test that set him free. The test proved that he was truly innocent from the crime that was pointing on him.
David Lee Wiggins was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 1989 from raping a 14-year-old Fort Worth girl.
The DNA testing earlier this month excluded Wiggins as the person who committed the crime. Tarrant County prosecutors said DNA evidence demonstrated his innocence.
‘‘I hold no bitterness,’’ Wiggins said in court after the judge’s ruling. ‘‘I'm thankful to Jesus Christ. He said he could move mountains, and surely this was a mountain. ... And to the victim: I'm not mad at you. I don’t hold you responsible.’’
The truth will set you free. No matter how long it takes just don’t give up. Forgive those who do you wrong and you will be rewarded just like what happened to Wiggins.
After his conviction is formally reversed, Wiggins will be eligible for $80,000 a year in compensation that Texas pays to wrongfully convicted ex-inmates.
The amount he will received cannot compensate for the years that was lost to him and to his family. But it was a big help for him to start a something new and to have a better life outside the prison.
Wiggins would be the second person to have a conviction overturned by DNA in Tarrant County since 2001. It only shows that mistaken identity in Texas is serious.
Wiggins said he agreed to be in a police lineup in 1988 because he knew that he didn’t commit the crime and thought he had nothing to worry about. Instead, it led to a 24-year nightmare that ended Friday.
‘‘I always believed the truth would come out,’’ he said.
Having mistaken as a criminal could destroy everything you have. It is a very serious crime that should be stop because it can ruin the life of innocent people.
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