Judge Rules Man Cleared By DNA Evidence In Rape Case Was Wrongfully Imprisoned

CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge has ruled that a man who spent more than 16 years in prison for a rape that DNA evidence showed he did not commit was wrongfully imprisoned.
The decision issued Monday means Christopher Miller, who has been free since 2018, is eligible to collect money from the state’s wrongful imprisonment fund.
Miller had been sentenced to 40 years in 2002 on charges including rape in an attack on a Cleveland Heights woman. The victim’s purse was stolen during the att