# Gary Dotson

Overturned · 1989

Gary E. Dotson (born March 8, 1957) is an American man who was the second person to be exonerated of a criminal conviction by DNA evidence (after David Vasquez was given an unconditional pardon on the 4th of January 1989, for the 1984 murder of Carolyn Hamm). In May 1979, Dotson was found guilty and sentenced to 25 to 50 years' imprisonment for rape, and another 25 to 50 years for aggravated kidnapping, the terms to…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=2587580
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/gary-dotson-w2587580

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