Man freed by DNA testing after 27 years in prison男子释放的DNA测试， 27年后在监狱中
AP | A Dallas man who spent more than 27 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit was freed Tuesday, after being incarcerated longer than any other wrongfully convicted US inmate cleared by DNA testing.鸭|达拉斯人用了超过27年，在监狱中一宗谋杀案，他并没有犯下被释放星期二后，被关押的时间比任何其他美国错误地定罪的犯人，清理了DNA测试。
James Lee Woodard stepped out of the courtroom and raised his arms to a throng of photographers.詹姆斯李woodard步出法庭，并提出他的手臂，一throng的摄影师。 Supporters and other people gathered outside the court erupted in applause.支持者和其他人聚集在法庭外爆发的掌声。
“No words can express what a tragic story yours is,” state District Judge Mark Stoltz told Woodard at a brief hearing before his release. “没有话可以表达什么是一次悲剧性的故事，你们的是， ”国家地方法院法官马克斯托尔兹告诉woodard一个简单的听证会之前，释放他。
Woodard, cleared of the 1980 murder of his girlfriend, became the 18th person in Dallas County to have his conviction cast aside. woodard ，清除了1980年谋杀他的女朋友，成为第十八人在达拉斯县有他的定罪唾弃。 That’sa figure unmatched by any county nationally, according to the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal center that specializes in overturning wrongful convictions. that'sa数字无法比拟的任何县在国家，根据是无辜的项目，一个总部设在纽约的法律中心，专门从事推翻不法行为的信念。
“I thank God for the existence of the Innocence Project,” Woodard, 55, told the court. “我感谢上帝的存在是清白工程” ， woodard ， 55 ，在法庭上说。 “Without that, I wouldn’t be here today. “没有，我不会今天在这里。 I would be wasting away in prison.”我会远离浪费在监狱中“ 。
Overall, 31 people have been formally exonerated through DNA testing in Texas, also a national high.整体而言， 31人已正式清白通过DNA测试，在德克萨斯州，也是一个国家高。 That does not include Woodard and at least three others whose exonerations will not become official until Gov. Rick Perry grants pardons or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals formally accepts the ruling of lower courts that have already recommended exoneration.这还不包括woodard和至少三个其他的免责不会成为正式直到州长佩里助学金赦免或德克萨斯州刑事上诉法院正式接受裁决下级法院表示，已建议免除。
Woodard was sentenced to life in prison in July 1981 for the murder of a 21-year-old Dallas woman found raped and strangled near the banks of the Trinity River. woodard被判处终身监禁，在1981年7月为谋杀一名21岁的达拉斯女子发现被强奸和扼杀了附近的银行三位一体河。
He was convicted primarily on the basis of testimony from two eyewitnesses, said Natalie Roetzel, the executive director of the Innocence Project of Texas.他被定罪，主要是在此基础上的证词，二目击者说，娜塔莉勒策尔，执行主任是无辜的项目，得克萨斯州州长。 One has since recanted in an affidavit. 1自recanted在宣誓书。 As for the other, “we don’t believe her testimony was accurate,” Roetzel said.至于其他， “我们不相信她的证词是准确的， ”勒策尔说。
Like nearly all the exonorees, Woodard has maintained his innocence throughout his time in prison.像几乎所有exonorees ， woodard一直保持自己的清白，他的时间在监狱中。 But after filing six writs with an appeals court, plus two requests for DNA testing, his pleas of innocence became so repetitive and routine that “the courthouse doors were eventually closed to him and he was labeled a writ abuser,” Roetzel said.但经过备案6令状与上诉法院，加两国的要求进行DNA测试，他呼吁无罪推定，成为使重复和例行的“法院大门，最终被封闭，他被打成令状施虐者， ”勒策尔说。
“On the first day he was arrested, he told the world he was innocent … and nobody listened,” Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas, said during Tuesday’s hearing. “第一天就他被逮捕，他告诉世界他是清白的… …而且没有人听， ”杰夫布莱克本，首席律师为无罪的项目，得克萨斯州州长时表示，周二的听证会。
He even stopped attending his parole hearings because gaining his release would have meant confessing to a crime he didn’t do.他甚至停止出席他的假释听证会，因为争取他获释将意味着承认犯罪，他没有这样做。
“It says a lot about your character that you were more interested in the truth than your freedom,” the judge told Woodard after making his ruling. “它说了很多关于您的品格，你更感兴趣的真相，比你的自由， ”法官告诉woodard后，使他的裁决。
Blackburn and prosecutors hailed Tuesday’s hearing as a landmark moment of frequent adversaries working together.布莱克本和检察官被誉为周二的听证会作为一个具有里程碑意义的时刻，频繁的对手一起工作。
Since the DNA evidence was tied to rape and Woodard was convicted of murder, Innocence Project attorneys had to prove that the same person committed both crimes.由于DNA证据被捆绑强奸和woodard而被定罪，谋杀，无罪推定项目的代理律师曾证明是同一人致力于双方的罪行。 They said they couldn’t have done that without access to evidence provided by Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’ office.他们说他们不能做，没有获得所提供的证据达拉斯县地区检察官克雷格沃特金斯办公室。
“You’ve got to have very good lawyers with a lot of experience and skill … working on both ends of this case, hard,” Blackburn said. “你已经到了有很好的律师了很多的经验和技巧…工作在攻防两端都这种情况下，艰苦奋斗， ”布莱克说。 “And you’ve also got to have government power behind what you do.” “您也得有政府权力的背后是什么，你做的” 。
Under Watkins, Dallas County has a program supervised by the Innocence Project of Texas that is reviewing hundreds of cases of convicts who have requested DNA testing to prove their innocence.根据沃特金斯，达拉斯县有一个程序的监督是无辜的项目，得克萨斯州州长表示，现正检讨数以百计的案件被定罪的人所要求的DNA测试，以证明他们的清白。
While the number of exonerations on Watkins’ watch continues to grow, he said this one was a little different.人数则免除对沃特金斯'观赏继续增长，他说，这一个是有点不同。
“I saw the human side of it, and seeing the human said of it just gives you more courage to advocate for issues like this,” said Watkins, who had breakfast with Woodard on Tuesday morning. “我看到了人性的一面，和看到的人说，它只是给您更多的勇气，倡导这样的问题，说： ”沃特金斯，他共进早餐woodard对周二上午。 “It gives me that resolve to go even further to find out who (the killer) is so that we can get him into custody.” “它让我有这种决心，以更进一步了解的人（杀手） ，是使我们可以让他到保管” 。
Woodard said his family was “small and scattered,” although he pointed out a niece in the courtroom. woodard说，他的家庭是“小和分散， ”虽然他指出，一侄女，在法庭上。 He said his biggest regret was not being with his mother when she died.他说，他最大的遗憾是未能与他的母亲，当她死亡。
“I can tell you what I’d like to do first: breathe fresh, free air,” Woodard said during a news conference in the courtroom after the hearing. “我可以告诉你，什么我想要做的第一：呼吸新鲜，自由空气， ” woodard说，在新闻发布会上法庭听证会后。 “I don’t know what to expect. “我不知道有什么期望。 I haven’t been in Dallas since buses were blue.”我并没有在达拉斯以来，巴士被蓝色“ 。
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