Freedom from a lifetime behind bars may be less than 24 hours away for Lake Wales native James Bain. Acting on new DNA evidence that has seemingly exonerated Bain in the 1974 rape of a Lake Wales 9-year-old, state justice officials have …
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BARTOW – A Polk County man, whose teenage rape conviction was overturned by DNA testing, walked out of prison a free man today after 35 years behind bars. Jimmy Bain — wearing a T-shirt that read "not guilty" — said he was feeling "fine" as he got …
Read Original Story: Innocence assured, man freed from prison after 35 years – MyFox Tampa Bay
BARTOW, Florida – James Bain walked out of prison a free man after spending 35 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, according to the Innocence Project. Bain was convicted of kidnapping and raping a nine-year-old boy in Lake Wales, Florida, …
Read Original Story: Innocent Florida man freed after 35 years in prison – Vancouverite
BARTOW, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) — A judge in Polk County, Fla., said Thursday that DNA evidencefreed a 54-year-old man after he spent 35 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times said Judge James Yancey officially …
Read Original Story: DNA frees man after 35 years in prison – UPI.com
Polk County, Forida, United States (AHN) – A Florida man convicted of raping a boy over three decades ago has been released from prison after DNA evidence proved his innocence. James Bain walked out of the Polk County courthouse on Thursday, …
Read Original Story: DNA Evidence Frees Florida Man After 35 Years In Prison – AHN
TAMPA – The organization that helped free James Bain from prison for a crime he didn’t commit did not exist when he was sentenced to life 35 years ago, nor did the science that eventually freed him. The Innocence Project, a nonprofit …
Read Original Story: DNA evidence basis of effort – Tampa Tribune
BARTOW, FL — It’s difficult to imagine the trials James Bain has been through. You could see how time has touched him, from his salt and pepper hair, to the wrinkles on his face and his slow, gentle gait as he walked out of the Polk County courthouse …
Read Original Story: Exonerated man says he took sentence 'one day at at time' – ABC Action News
MIAMI — Locked up 35 years for child rape and kidnapping, James Bain was finally set free by a Florida judge after a DNA test proved he was innocent of the crimes. "Mr Bain, I’m now signing the order… you’re a free man. …
Read Original Story: DNA test sets US inmate free after 35 years in jail – AFP
Tampa, Florida – Jamie Bain is just one of 246 people who have been exonerated as a result of DNA evidence. Dr. Robyn Ragsdale is the FDLE Crime Laboratory analyst supervisor. The lab tested Bain’s DNA to fluids found on evidence from more than 35 …
Read Original Story: Time can work against the innocent in the world of forensic science – 10 Connects
Bartow, Florida (CNN) — 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 …
Read Original Story: Man exonerated, freed from prison after 35 years – CNN
