On Nov. 23, 1979, a man and a woman were forced into a car by two men at a liquor store in Dallas. The couple was robbed, and both men took the woman to a park and sexually assaulted her. They fled in ...

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After spending three decades behind bars, DNA evidence has proven Cornelius Dupree's innocence. The 51-year-old Texas man was locked up in 1979 for rape and armed robbery. On two separate occasions he ...

DALLAS -- A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free -- if only he would admit he was a sex offender. But Cornelius Dupree ...

In Dallas County, Texas, 51-year-old Cornelius Dupree today was exonerated after 30 years in prison for a rape, robbery and abduction he did not commit. He's been cleared by DNA analysis of evidence ...

DALLAS - Prosecutors declared a man innocent Monday of a rape and robbery that put him in prison for 30 years, more time served than any other person in Texas exonerated by DNA. DNA test results that ...

Texan Cornelius Dupree Jr. spent three decades in jail after being sentenced to 75 years for an a rape and robbery that he didn’t commit. Dupree, who tried to prove his innocence the entire time he ...