There is an absolutely cockle-warming story out
of Fort Worth involving a former cop who served 21 years after being convicted
of Sexual Assault of a Child. He was released on bond May 5, after the appeals
court ruled that his accuser perjured herself during the trial.
His case, like Coy’s, relied solely on testimony;
there was no DNA. Her accuser, while maintaining that she was raped by
Franklin, admitted she lied when she said she had never had sex before that
time. She accused her step father of raping her for years before hand, and even
while the trial was going on. The step father’s family disputes this.
Tarrant County prosecutors say they
still plan to press charges but for now, Franklin is a free man. From the
article:
“Franklin said he previously rejected a plea
arrangement from the district attorney’s office that required him to plead
guilty before being released on time served. Franklin said he will not plead
guilty to a crime that he did not commit.
“I didn’t do it,”
Franklin said Thursday.” I wasn’t even there. I’ve taken a polygraph. I don’t
know what else they want me to do.
“If they looked at the
evidence with an open mind, they would see that I am innocent,” he said. “She’s
an admitted liar and a perjurer. And I’m not the only innocent man in prison.””
