California governor pardons man following advanced DNA test
Source: Associated Press
Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press
Updated 6:31 pm, Wednesday, November 22, 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 70-year-old California man convicted nearly four decades ago of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 4-year-old son was pardoned Wednesday after DNA tests showed he was wrongfully convicted.
Gov. Jerry Brown ordered the immediate release of Craig Richard Coley from a state prison in Lancaster.
Coley has maintained his innocence since he was arrested on the same day 24-year-old Rhonda Wicht and her 4-year-old son, Donald Wicht, were found dead in her Simi Valley apartment on Nov. 11, 1978.
Brown wrote in his pardon that Coley has been a model inmate for 38 years, avoided gangs and violence, and dedicated himself to religion.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Jerry-Brown-craig-richard-coley-simi-valley-murder-12378776.php
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