Cornelius Dupree Jr. | |
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Born | September 22, 1959 |
Citizenship | United States |
Known for | Miscarriage of justice |
Criminal charge | Robbery – 1979 |
Criminal penalty | 75 years imprisonment |
Criminal status | Paroled – Summer 2010 Exonerated – January 2011 |
Spouse | Selma Perkins Dupree |
Cornelius Dupree Jr. (born September 22, 1959) is an American who was declared innocent of a 1980 conviction for aggravated robbery, which was alleged to have been committed during a rape in 1979.[citation needed] He was paroled in July 2010 after serving 30 years of a 75-year prison sentence in Texas. Prosecutors cleared him of the crime after a test of his DNA profile did not match traces of semen evidence from the case.[1] Dupree, who was represented by the Innocence Project, spent more time in prison in Texas than any other inmate who was eventually exonerated by DNA evidence.[2]