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 * Man cleared after 30 years**



DNA Test Clears Man After 35 Years Criminal in Question: James Bain Unjustly Incarcerated?: Yes Age: ?? but spend 35 years in prison Jailed in: 1974 Alleged Crime: Kidnapping and raping 9 year old boy Innocence Proven?: Yes By what: DNA testing Compensation: ??

DNA Test Frees Man After 28 Years Criminal in Question: Donald Eugene Gates Unjustly Incarcerated?: Yes Age: 58 Jailed in: 1981 Crime: rape and murder of Catherine Schilling, 21 Innocence Proven?: Yes By what: DNA hair analysis Compensation: 75$ and a bus ticket

Article from boston.com about Donald Eugene Gates's case -- marked up.

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1957 Double Murder Case Solved By Science Today Criminal in Question: Gerald Fatten Mason Unjustly Incarcerated?: No Age: 22 when committed crime, 68 when caught Jailed in: 2003 Crime: Robbery, Sexual Assault, Stealing Automobile, Murdered 2 officers Innocence Proven?: No By what: Forensics and Ballistics Compensation: None. He got what he deserved - TWO life sentences

=So what?= A common theme amongst these cases is that science is involved in resolving them. However, when applied to the justice system, science is very flexible and has many applicable uses. It can be used to reassess past crimes to find the true criminal or release the wrongly convicted. That is one way to use science. Another, however, as evidently seen in the 1957 case, is to use science to help bring justice one step closer to the doorstep of an elusive, on the run criminal.