Donald Gates Released from Prison After DNA Evidence Proves His Innocence

Nearly three decades after he was convicted of brutal rape and murder that he did not commit, Donald Gates was freed Tuesday by a D.C. Superior Court Judge after DNA evidence proved that another man committed the crime.

MAIP Executive Director Shawn Armbrust appeared on Washington D.C.'s Fox 5 News on December 16th, 2009. Armbrust talked about Gates' release, the factors that led to his wrongful conviction, and the work that MAIP does.

For more on the Donald Gates case, click here: http://www.exonerate.org/2009/dna-leads-to-release-of-dc-man-after-28-years/

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• MAIP
• Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
• DNA
• Donald Gates

[Armornone]

If he was convicted by a jury, what right do the courts have to release him?

[victoriamarystong]

This really pisses me off bigtime!How can an innocent man be locked up for so long?What are these people in the courts doing with their time?Don't they have any consciences?How do they sleep@night?I know there must have been many people knowing something wasn't right&did nothing!!Many Black men are imprisoned for no reason.Many Black men are racially profiled&there's no program or part of the system that tests for DNA every couple of years as they update the DNA process.~CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST!

[westsan]

good work they are doing.

[patrickv1x]

I am glad he is a free man.