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Louisiana Man Proves His Innocence But Remains Behind Bars

Posted: August 23, 2010 4:30 pm

More than two decades after the conviction, Diggins managed to purchase a copy of his case file for $209, where he discovered that the biological evidence had been withheld. DNA testing can’t be conducted because the evidence has been missing since Hurricane Katrina, but the Innocence Project filed an appeal earlier this month seeking a hearing on the blood-type evidence.

"This is bulletproof scientific evidence that he is not the guy," said attorney Barry Scheck. "He wasn't the rapist and they could have known that in 1988."

Read more in today’s Times-Picayune article.

Download the Innocence Project’s motion on Diggins’ behalf.