A court clerk who helped exonerate a man wrongly imprisoned for rape was fired in June, and now she's speaking out about the ordeal. Robert Nelson was convicted of rape in 1984. After two previous motions for DNA tests that could clear his name were rejected, 70-year-old clerk Sharon Snyder decided to step in and better his odds. She provided Nelson's sister with a successful DNA motion from another case, giving Nelson a better idea of how to properly seek the tests. His third request was granted, and ultimately Nelson was cleared of a 1984 rape conviction; he'd been serving time for the crime since 2006.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4624466/court-clerk-fired-for-helping-free-wrongly-convicted-would-do-it-again
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