Jennifer Thompson-Cannino was certain that Ronald Cotton raped her in Burlington, North Carolina on the night of July 28, 1984. She picked him out of a lineup and, on the basis of her testimony, he was sentenced to life plus 50 years.
However, 11 years later, new DNA evidence established his innocence.
Last night on 60 Minutes, Thomson-Cannino told Lesley Stahl she felt terrible shame. “Suffocating, debilitating shame.”
Two years after his release from prison, she wanted to meet Cotton and...
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