Black man released after almost 40 years in prison for Inglewood murder
Maurice Hastings, who spent 38 years behind bars, is now free after newly tested DNA evidence exonerated him from a 1988 murder conviction.
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Maurice Hastings, who spent 38 years behind bars, is now free after newly tested DNA evidence exonerated him from a 1988 murder conviction.
A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder and two attempted murders has been released from a California prison after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different person.
Maurice Hastings was convicted in the murder of an Inglewood woman in 1988. New evidence set him free.
California – A US man who spent nearly four decades in prison for murder has been released after new DNA evidence pointed to a different person. Maurice Hastings served more than 38 years in state prison for the 1983 murder of Roberta Wydermyer in California and two attempted murders. But new DNA evidence instead pointed to another man who died in prison in 2020. Now 69, Hastings has been released …
The man said he prayed for years that freedom would come. In 2000, he sought DNA testing of semen found at the homicide scene but his request was rejected.