LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and rape has been declared innocent and freed, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday.
DNA testing helped exonerate Gerardo Cabanillas in a 1995 attack on a couple sitting in a parked car in the city of South Gate, the county district attorney's office said in a statement.
Cabanillas was convicted in 1996 and spent 28 years in prison.
DNA testing on the rape kit showed that two other people committed the assault, the group said in a statement.
No other suspects were ever arrested, although one man later confessed to committing one of the crimes, the Innocence Project said.
Persons:
Gerardo Cabanillas, Cabanillas, George Gascón, Alissa Bjerkhoel, Gerardo
Organizations:
ANGELES, California Western School of Law, “ Police
Locations:
Los Angeles, South, ”, California, United States