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DNA Exonerates Man Convicted Of Rape After 35 Years In Prison

Written by News One on December 17, 2009 3:16 pm

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From CNN:

Bartow, Florida — After more than three decades in prison, a Florida man was set free Thursday after a DNA test showed he did not kidnap and rape a 9-year-old boy in 1974.

“I’m not angry,” James Bain, 54, told reporters after a brief hearing in Bartow, Florida.’

Bain was 19 when he was convicted on charges of kidnapping, burglary and strong-arm rape. He received a life sentence. He’s going home for the first time in 35 years.

“I got God in my head,” said Bain, surrounded by supporters and wearing a T-shirt with “Not Guilty” across the front. “I knew one day he will reveal me.”

Of the 245 people in the United States whom DNA testing has exonerated, none has spent more time behind bars than Bain, according to the Innocence Project, a national organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through such testing.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/butterfly_145/ butterfly_145

    welcome home

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/I_AM_BACK_4_MORE/ I_AM_BACK_4_MORE

    Damn, that’s f*cked up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    I hope the man gets PAID! Since the state of FL has basically taken away ANY chance he has of building his life…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    He’s a better man that me when it comes to that “I’m not angry” part.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kiss_me86/ kiss_me86

    Welcome back home :) I shed my own tears for you because i have an uncle in prison for 200+ years for a crime he didn’t do, he just won’t tell who did do it. I pray the Lord will free him like the Lord Almighty has freed you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    OH WOW….HOW MESSED UP…AND HE’S NOT ANGRY…THATS THAT JAIL TALK HE JUST HAPPY TO BE FREE BUT 35 YEARS HOLD ON TIME FOR JAIL CALCULATOR… 35 YEARS EQUAL THATS 420 MONTHS THAT 12775 DAYS…AND 306600 HOURS U GOT TO BE F**KIN KIDDING ME HELL TO THE NAW…SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET SUED ASAP…CHECK MY CALCULATIONS I COULD BE WRONG

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    matter fact he needs to get paid 306600 dollars for all them hows being in that mutha fukka

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    hours** i meant to say

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jack_Stephen1/ Jack_Stephen1

    Nightowl358

    i used to think the same thing…how can one not be angry after being cleared after serving 20+ yrs. but i figure their happiness outweighs any anger or bitterness; they’re so happy to be able to have a life and be able spend time w/ friends and family that they have no room to waste on negative enrgy. that’s the only way i can rationalize it.

    too many of these we hear of. i always wonder how many innocent are there who aren’t as lucky

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LASVEGASCAT/ LASVEGASCAT

    THIS HURTS MY HEART! I CANT IMAGINE!,THATS MY WHOLE LIFE HE HAS BEEN IN JAIL! MISTER BAIN,IS SHOWING THE WORLD THAT GOD IS REAL.I REALLY THINK WE GIVE THE JUSICCE SYSTEM TO MUCH POWER, MONEY CANT BUY A MAN 35 YEARS BACK.TIME SHOULD MEAN MORE TOO ALL OF US !.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Deletha_J/ Deletha_J

    Man forgive those who do harm to others. This is sad and the worst part about it is that it’s many more out there incarcerated just like him, for no reason. To them dirty crooked a** cops, manipulative prosecutors and heartless judges that incarcerates innocent men like that… judgement day is coming and those badges will be dropping and degrees will not be counted

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NtelligentlyInclined/ NtelligentlyInclined

    I don’t know about thaat not angry stuff either. I’d be happy that I was out and able to return to my life some kind of way, but I’d be angry, too. How could you not be angry? I’d be p*ssed! LOL. They all come out saying they weren’t angry. I haven’t heard one yet say they were hurt or something. I’d be talking sh*t as I walked out the door. I need to read this entire story.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jeffrey1975/ Jeffrey1975

    Not angry! Going on with their life! Thirty-five years of your life and a person would say they were not angry. I shed a tear for the many that have been wrongfully convicted. Especially being a black man in the U.S, it shows it can happen to any of us. And now that the test for the DNA can be compromised, what do you think will happen. I am so afraid of our law enforcement and justice system it is just sad. Besides money, I really think much more should be done for wrongfully convicted people. Don’t get me wrong, money helps, but what about the life you missed out on. The family you would not ever see again, or watching your children grow up. If you agree, stand up.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lucky_Jester777/ Lucky_Jester777

    Hmmm, you know i bet you he has had PLENTY of time to be angry, knowing what good it would do… being in jail for that long …knowing you are innocent, the next level would be saying to yourself everyday… “Let me out”. more than anything.
    Kind of reminds me of “The Count of Monte Cristo”… James Bain IS… the new, Edmon Dantes. The best state apology on his behalf should be paying him a dollar for every hour he had to stay there.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lucky_Jester777/ Lucky_Jester777

    The world has changed 3 times over… what could he possibly do for himself career wise at the age of 54?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NtelligentlyInclined/ NtelligentlyInclined

    Hmmm, a dollar for every hour? I’d take that!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MoneyMakerWes/ MoneyMakerWes

    this is why unreasonable doubt should not be permitted. He was in jail for nothing… Society stripped this man of his life on earth.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pionear/ pionear

    Well, they said ppl wrongly convicted of crimes recieves $50,000 dollars for every year they have spent in jail. So he should be recieving $1.75 million dollars.

    Hell, they need to move that decimal point a few spaces to the right, b/c he should get $175,000,000 million dollars, IMO.

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    abovesaid…

    Very informative post. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us….

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