Conviction overturned for ex-sailor imprisoned for 8 years
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Innocence Project says a former U.S. Navy sailor’s statutory rape conviction has been overturned.
The University of Hawaii’s law school, where the innocence project is located, announced Friday that a state Supreme Court ruling officially sets aside the conviction of Roynes Dural.
Project co-director Ken Lawson says Dural spent eight years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
Dural was charged with sex assault in 2002, accused of having sex w
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