Alan Newton Was Imprisoned for 20 years for a Crime He Didn't Commit!
Friday, July 14, 2006


ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Forty-four-year-old Alan Newton was released from jail last year after serving 21 years — that's almost half his life — for a 1984 rape we know now he did not commit.

Newton had tried unsuccessfully for 12 years to have the rape kit in his case tested for DNA, but with the help from the lawyers from the Innocence Project, Newton made one last request and the judge approved. The rape kit was located, and the DNA test conclusively excludes Newton as the rapist.

Joining us now, Alan Newton, along with his attorney, Vanessa Potkin from the Innocence Project. Thank you.

You did great work here, obviously.

And Alan, I can only imagine what you've gone through. Eighteen years for a crime you didn't commit. You clearly were aware that you did not commit it. Nobody else did.

ALAN NEWTON, FREED PRISONER: My family knew though. And my friends knew, you know. That's why that support was there consistently

Alan Newton, shake hands with David Milgaard

The question is: Would you go to prison for 21 years if you knew you'd get $10 million when you got out?

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