Lovely Bones author Alice Sebold apologises to man cleared over 1981 rape
Author said she is struggling with the role she played “within a system that sent an innocent man to jail.”
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Author said she is struggling with the role she played “within a system that sent an innocent man to jail.”
Broadwater exonerated after prosecutors reexamine case and find serious flaws in arrest
Anthony Broadwater, 61, was convicted in 1982 of raping Sebold when she was a student at Syracuse University. He served 16 years in prison. His conviction was overturned on Nov. 22 after prosecutors reexamined the case and determined there were serious flaws in his arrest and trial.
"I know that no apology can change what happened," the "Lucky" writer told wrongfully convicted Anthony Bridgewater.
NEW YORK (Associated Press) -- Author Alice Sebold publicly apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis fo...