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200th Person Cleared by DNA Speaks Out After Exoneration

HeadlineApr 25, 2007

And here in New York, a man believed to be the 200th person to be exonerated by DNA testing spoke out last night just one day after he was cleared.

Jerry Miller: “My name is Jerry Miller. The state of Illinois has imprisoned me for 25 years, one year on parole as a registered sex offender. Yesterday I became number 200 person to be exonerated by DNA testing in the United States. The state gave me the number, I know it by heart — N5281. Tonight I’m free!”

Jerry Miller was speaking at a benefit for the Innocence Project, which helped win his freedom after 25 years.

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