# Douglas Echols

Overturned · 1986

Douglas Echols was convicted in a 1986 rape case. In 2002, his charges were finally cleared through DNA testing after he served over five years in prison. In 2005, a resolution was introduced in the Georgia Assembly by Representatives Tom Bordeaux and Chuck Sims requesting $1.6 million as compensation for his incarceration; however, the resolution was not approved.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=7465818
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/douglas-echols-w7465818

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1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=7465818


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