The man said he prayed for years that freedom would come. In 2000, he sought DNA testing of semen found at the homicide scene but his request was rejected.
LOS ANGELES — A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder and two attempted murders has been released from a California prison after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different person, the Los Angeles County district attorney said Friday.
"I prayed for many years that this day would come," Hastings said at a news conference Friday, adding:"I am not pointing fingers; I am not standing up here a bitter man, but I just want to enjoy my life now while I have it." The victim in the case, Roberta Wydermyer, was sexually assaulted and killed by a single gunshot to the head, authorities said. Her body was found in the trunk of her vehicle in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood.
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