As the Columbus Dispatch reported last week, lab test results from DNA found at a Summit County murder scene indicate that the DNA did not belong to Dewey Jones, currently 17 years into a life sentence for the murder. Attorneys representing Jones from the Ohio Innocence Project recently sought leave to file a motion for a new trial. The Ohio Innocence Project , directed by Moritz grad and University of Cincinnati law professor Mark Godsey , has helped secure the release of ten prisoners since its founding in 2003, including Raymond Towler . Towler served nearly 30 years of a life sentence for juvenile rape before being exonerated in May 2010.
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