Detroit man who spent nearly 30 years in 刑務所，拘置所 for attacking a woman in her car walks 解放する／自由な after a 裁判官 解任するs his 1991 有罪の判決

  • Gerry Thomas was exonerated and 解放（する）d from 刑務所，拘置所 after 29 years Monday
  • Thomas had long 持続するd his innocence in the attack on a woman sitting in her car outside a Detroit convenience 蓄える／店 in 1987
  • The 犠牲者 identified him two years after the attack and he was 罪人／有罪を宣告するd in 1991
  • The Innocence 事業／計画（する） requested a reinvestigation by the Wayne 郡 検察官，検事's Office which 決定するd the 事例／患者 was mishandled 初めは?

By MEGAN SHEETS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A Detroit man who spent nearly 30 years in 刑務所，拘置所 for attacking a woman in her car walked 解放する／自由な on Monday after a 裁判官 解任するd his 1991 有罪の判決.??

Gerry Thomas had long 持続するd his innocence in the 1987 attack outside a Detroit convenience 蓄える／店.?

He was 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of 強襲，強姦 and 殺人未遂 in 1991 and 宣告，判決d to a 最小限 of 50 years in 刑務所，拘置所.?

Thomas was exonerated 29 years later に引き続いて a reinvestigation by the?有罪の判決 正直さ 部隊 (CIU) of the Wayne 郡 検察官，検事's Office, made at the request of the Innocence 事業／計画（する）.?

'I am thankful and so happy to finally be going home to my family,' Thomas said after he was 解放（する）d on Monday.?

Gerry Thomas walked free on Monday after his 1991 conviction for attacking a woman outside a convenience store in Detroit was overturned. Thomas is seen celebrating his release from prison after 29 years with his sisters Lois and Mary

Gerry Thomas walked 解放する／自由な on Monday after his 1991 有罪の判決 for attacking a woman outside a convenience 蓄える／店 in Detroit was overturned. Thomas is seen celebrating his 解放（する） from 刑務所，拘置所 after 29 years with his sisters Lois and Mary

Thomas was 代表するd by Innocence 事業／計画（する） 弁護士／代理人／検事 Jane Pucher of Yeshiva University's Cardoza 法律 school and 地元の counsel Marla Mitchell-Cichon at Western Michigan University's Thomas M Cooley 法律 School.

'If the police had 行為／行うd a true investigati on 30 years ago, Mr Thomas never would have been 逮捕（する）d in the first place,' Pucher said.?

The Wayne 郡 CIU 最終的に agreed that Thomas' 有罪の判決 should be 始める，決める aside.

検察官，検事 Kym Worthy said it was 'very （疑いを）晴らす' that Thomas deserved a new 裁判，公判 after the 発見 of new 証拠.

Worthy said 検察官，検事s will not retry the 事例／患者 as the 犠牲者 is now 死んだ.??

Gerry Thomas had long maintained his innocence in the 1987 attack. He was convicted of? assault and attempted murder in 1991 and sentenced to a minimum of 50 years in prison

Gerry Thomas had long 持続するd his innocence in the 1987 attack. He was 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of? 強襲，強姦 and 殺人未遂 in 1991 and 宣告，判決d to a 最小限 of 50 years in 刑務所，拘置所?

'I am thankful and so happy to finally be going home to my family,' Thomas said as he left the courthouse on Monday

'I am thankful and so happy to finally be going home to my family,' Thomas said as he left the courthouse on Monday?

The woman said she was sitting in her car outside a convenience 蓄える／店 in 1987 when a man （権力などを）行使するing a knife jumped into the 乗り物 and ordered her to 運動.?

The man 軍隊d her to 成し遂げる oral sex on him before she was able to escape. He then drove off in her 乗り物.??

Three weeks after the 出来事/事件, police stopped the stolen 乗り物 and 拘留するd the driver and 乗客. The 犠牲者's 登録 paperwork was 設立する in the driver's home.??

The 乗客 told 捜査官／調査官s that the driver's brother had given them the car.?

The 犠牲者 did not identify the driver or 乗客 as her 加害者 and they were subsequently 解放（する）d.??

Police failed to 調査／捜査する the driver's brother, whose 指名する was given to them by the 乗客, によれば the Innocence 事業／計画（する）, にもかかわらず the fact that he matched the 犠牲者's description of the 加害者.?

Thomas was represented by Innocence Project attorney Jane Pucher (pictured) of Yeshiva University's Cardoza law school. After Thomas was exonerated, Pucher said:?'If the police had conducted a true investigation 30 years ago, Mr Thomas never would have been arrested in the first place'

Thomas was 代表するd by Innocence 事業／計画（する） 弁護士／代理人／検事 Jane Pucher (pictured) of Yeshiva University's Cardoza 法律 school. After Thomas was exonerated, Pucher said:?'If the police had 行為／行うd a true 調査 30 years ago, Mr Thomas never would have been 逮捕（する）d in the first place'

The 事例／患者 went 冷淡な until two years later when the 犠牲者 接触するd police in 1989 and （人命などを）奪う，主張するd she'd seen her 攻撃者 at a convenience 蓄える／店 近づく the 初期の 罪，犯罪 scene.???

The 犠牲者 met with 捜査官／調査官s later in the day and they 設立する Thomas eating lunch at a nearby Burger King, at which point the 犠牲者 identified him as the man who attacked her.?

Thomas was not 逮捕（する）d or 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d until nine months later in 1990.??

During his 裁判，公判, the 陪審／陪審員団 wa s never told that the 犠牲者's 登録 paperwork in the driver's home or that the driver's brother matched the description of the 加害者.??

Thomas was 設立する 有罪の the に引き続いて year にもかかわらず the fact that he had an アリバイ and did not match the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う description.???

'The police's 失敗 to 適切に 調査／捜査する this 事例／患者 in 1987 and the 欠如（する） of 公表，暴露 of 関連した 証拠 that 大幅に 巻き込むd another 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う support the 検察官’s 決定／判定勝ち（する） to vacate the 有罪の判決 today,' the Innocence 事業／計画（する） wrote in a 圧力（をかける） 解放（する） Monday.?

'にもかかわらず everything he and his family have experienced for the last three １０年間s, Mr Thomas has always had 約束 this day would come,' Pucher said in the 解放（する）. 'Thanks to the CIU's かかわり合い to 司法（官）, it has.'?

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