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Peace activists
George and Jean Edwards set a prisoner free
Presbyterians paid for test that proved rape
defendant's innocence
by Evan Silverstein, Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- August 28, 2000 -- Rape charges have been dismissed
against a Louisville man released from prison last month after DNA test
results proved his innocence. A retired Presbyterian seminary professor
and his wife raised about $5,000 for the DNA testing that freed William
Thomas Gregory, 52, after more than seven years in prison.
Gregory is the first person in Kentucky to be released
from prison based on new DNA evidence. The tests cleared him of
involvement in the rape and attempted rape of two women eight years ago.
The testing proved that Gregory was not the source of
six hairs found in a stocking worn by the rapist during one of the
attacks. The Rev. George Edwards and his wife, Jean, raised money for
Gregory to have the first hair tested, although they never met Gregory
until his July 5 release from the Northpoint Training Center in Burgin,
Ky. Gregory had been serving his 70-year prison sentence there.
"Since he's been out our hopes have not been
disappointed in him," George Edwards said. "He's been with us
in our church, and his conduct we feel has been exemplary and meets our
highest expectations. We are very exultant over his good fortune."
George Edwards taught New Testament and New Testament
Greek at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary for 27 years,
starting in the 1950s. The Edwardses have worshiped at Central
Presbyterian Church in Louisville for nearly a quarter-century. Gregory,
who has been attending services there since being freed, plans to join
the 180-member congregation.
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