| Mark Webb | Incident Year: 1985 Jurisdiction: TX Charge: Rape Conviction: Rape Sentence: 30 years |
Year of Conviction: 1987 Exoneration Year: 2001 Sentence Served: 10 Years Real perpetrator found? Not Yet Contributing Causes: Eyewitness Misidentification, Unreliable/Limited Science Compensation? Not Yet |
Mark Webb was convicted of rape in Tarrant County, Texas in 1987. According to reports in the Dallas Morning News, the victim was abducted and raped in February 1985. She later identified Webb in court.
The prosecution relied on the victim's identification and serology results that could not exclude him from being the perpetrator. The defense called several witnesses who claimed that Webb was at work at the time of the incident.
Webb was paroled in 1997 but was later returned to prison on a parole violation. DNA testing was performed in late 1997, after prosecutors agreed to let Webb's attorneys have access to the evidence for testing. They had filed under a new Texas postconviction DNA statute. In 2001, Mark Webb was freed again from prison, this time with scientific proof of his innocence.
The prosecution relied on the victim's identification and serology results that could not exclude him from being the perpetrator. The defense called several witnesses who claimed that Webb was at work at the time of the incident.
Webb was paroled in 1997 but was later returned to prison on a parole violation. DNA testing was performed in late 1997, after prosecutors agreed to let Webb's attorneys have access to the evidence for testing. They had filed under a new Texas postconviction DNA statute. In 2001, Mark Webb was freed again from prison, this time with scientific proof of his innocence.
| Mark Webb | Incident Year: 1985 Jurisdiction: TX Charge: Rape Conviction: Rape Sentence: 30 years |
Year of Conviction: 1987 Exoneration Year: 2001 Sentence Served: 10 Years Real perpetrator found? Not Yet Contributing Causes: Eyewitness Misidentification, Unreliable/Limited Science Compensation? Not Yet |