DNA Test Frees Man After Nearly 18 Years

The Associated Press
Monday, August 1, 2005; 11:29 AM

PITTSBURGH -- Prosecutors joined defense attorneys Monday in seeking freedom for a man who has spent nearly 18 years behind bars for a rape that DNA evidence now shows he didn't commit.

A hearing was set on a motion filed by Allegheny County prosecutors asking Judge John Zottola to free Thomas Doswell, 44.

DNA evidence in the case was retested by the nonprofit Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardoza School of Law in New York.