(1)Having lived in shame as a rapist for nearly 50 years after leaving prison, he has repeatedly appealed several times, claiming he was innocent
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(2)Last year, he pleaded not guilty with the human rights group Innocence Project, and the prosecution conducted a reinvestigation In the process, a new DNA test, which did not exist at the time, was conducted, and it was revealed that there was a separate criminal in the case where Mac was convicted
(3)The incident occurred on May 22, 1975 Two high school girls were sexually assaulted in a town in Westerchester County at the time after meeting gunmen and being taken into the woods
(4)The man left the scene after sexually assaulting one of them twice. One of the victims fled to a nearby school and told the teacher, who called the police
(5)Leonard Mack was accused of being the culprit just hours after the incident, citing a matching description with the suspect wearing earrings and a hat
(6)Mack offered an alibi at the trial but was eventually convicted It turned out that racial prejudice was involved in the investigation and trial process at the time
(7)The real culprit in the later revelations was a man convicted of rape in 1975 and sex crimes in 2004 The prosecution obtained a confession from the man, but it was impossible to indict him because the statute of limitations had expiredHe was charged with failing to register as a sex offender in connection with the 2004 crime and is currently in custody
(8)A Westchester County court in New York said Monday it was pleading guilty, indicting and acquitted of rape charges
(9)KBS News
(10)Miriam Loca Inspection
(11)On behalf of the Westchester District Attorney’s Office, I apologise to Mr. Mack
(12)Leonard Mac 72 years old
(13)48 years
(14)Stigmatized as a rapist, he walked around society
(15)But I never gave up hope
(16)The reason why he was pointed out as McYongja at the time was because
(17)It was because of racial prejudice and misconceptions
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