News by Lexie Cartwright 23rd May 2021 2:16 PM Ledell Lee s last words before being executed in 2017 were, I m an innocent man . Four years later that statement has taken on eerie meaning as new DNA evidence has been discovered in the murder he was convicted of carrying out. Lee, who was 51 when he died, was given the death penalty in Arkansas for the 1993 murder of Debra Reese, and now lawyers for his family say someone else s DNA was found on the murder weapon. Lee s family commissioned testing of the wooden club used in the murder, and say results last month found traces of an unknown man.
News by Lexie Cartwright 23rd May 2021 2:16 PM Ledell Lee s last words before being executed in 2017 were, I m an innocent man . Four years later that statement has taken on eerie meaning as new DNA evidence has been discovered in the murder he was convicted of carrying out. Lee, who was 51 when he died, was given the death penalty in Arkansas for the 1993 murder of Debra Reese, and now lawyers for his family say someone else s DNA was found on the murder weapon. Lee s family commissioned testing of the wooden club used in the murder, and say results last month found traces of an unknown man.
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