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He went to prison 35 years ago for sexual assault, DNA showed he didn’t do it

Joshua Bote, USA TODAYComments Off on He went to prison 35 years ago for sexual assault, DNA showed he didn’t do it

Although Rafael Ruiz, now 60, was offered a shorter guilty plea deal — of only up to 3 years in prison — he turned it down to take the case to trial.

       
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