New Test of DNA Frees Man After 17 Years
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A man wrongly convicted of rape, kidnapping and robbery was freed in Decatur after 17 years in prison -- exonerated by a new test of DNA evidence requested by the Georgia Innocence Project.
Clarence Harrison, sentenced to life in prison in 1987 on charges of sexually assaulting a hospital worker, left the courthouse surrounded by friends and family.
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