Texas gov. clears man wrongfully convicted of rape
March 2, 2010
Texas Gov. Rick Perry granted the state's first posthumous pardon Monday to a man who died in prison after serving more than 13 years for a wrongful rape conviction. Tim Cole was convicted of a 1985 rape of a Texas Tech University student in Lubbock. The Army veteran was cleared by DNA evidence in 2008, nine years after he died in prison of complications from asthma at age 39.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry granted the state's first posthumous pardon Monday to a man who died in prison after serving more than 13 years for a wrongful rape conviction.
Tim Cole was convicted of a 1985 rape of a Texas Tech University student in Lubbock. The Army veteran was cleared by DNA evidence in 2008, nine years after he died in prison of complications from asthma at age 39.