He spent 27 years in prison for a crime he never committed.
“I was devastated. I couldn’t believe it,” 55-year-old Johnny Pinchback said as he recalled the day in 1984 when he was convicted of raping two Dallas teenage girls.
Pinchback was sentenced to 99 years in jail.
Pinchback’s lawyers said the problems with the original investigation started when the two rape victims pointed at a picture of Pinchback in a photo lineup.
The type of lineup used in Pinchback’s case has time and time again pointed investigators toward the wrong suspect and continues to be used at police departments across Texas.
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