Clarence Moses-El News: Released From Jail After 28 Years; Police Destroyed Evidence To Avoid Mistake?
Clarence Moses-El, now 60 years old, has spent 28 years behind bars in downtown Denver Jail for being accused for the crime of rape back in 1987. However, the wrongfully accused man has recently been released in custody, according to sources.
The Denver-native Clarence Moses-El walked out of prison on Tuesday while being escorted by his wife, as family members and supporters celebrated alongside as he stepped outside to hug three out of his 12 grandchildren he had just met for the first time, as stated by 9 News.
Clarence Moses-El was accused and convicted of committing rape and assaulting a woman, who returned to her residency after a night of drinking back in 1987. The rape victim stated in her testimony that Moses-El's face came to her in a dream, while recuperating in the hospital. However, Clarence has maintained his innocence even after having served 28 years out of his 48-years sentence in prison, as reported by The Denver Channel.
For 28 years, Moses-El spent almost three decades behind bars as Denver police were reported to have ruined the DNA evidence by destroying body swabs and the victim's clothes, despite a judge's orders to preserve them for testing, which could have proved his innocence when he won a bid for DNA testing in a trial, as stated by the NY Daily News.
It was reported that Moses-El believed the evidence was destroyed so that the erring officers didn't want to own up to a massive mistake, as provided by the source.
"They don't want to admit that they wrongly put this man in jail for almost 30 years while he lost almost half of his immediate family," niece of the accused Towanda Moses stated, courtesy of NY Daily News.
In recent news, Denver District Court Judge Kandace Gerdes overturned Moses-El's convictions and granted him a new trial with a $50,000 bond for his release from custody, according to the Denver Post.
"Newly discovered evidence and evidence previously admitted in the case is sufficient on salient points to allow a jury to probably return a verdict of acquittal in favor of the Defendant, the Judge wrote in her order.
"It was really tedious, I mean, you know, after the evidence and things like that, I just kind of lost hope at one time, but then it made me say I got to keep on, and here I am," Clarence Moses-El stated after his release, courtesy of 9 News.