OAN’s Stephanie Stahl
2:11 PM – Saturday, November 11, 2023
A man accused of breaking into a home and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in southwestern Michigan has been released from prison after 35 years, following an agreement by authorities that he was wrongfully convicted.
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On Thursday, a judge granted the request of the Calhoun County prosecutor and the attorney general’s office to set aside Louis Wright’s convictions from 1988.
“New DNA testing excluded Mr. Wright as the perpetrator,” the attorney general’s office said.
In 1988, someone broke into the home of an 11-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her, according to the attorney general’s office. During the investigation, an off-duty police officer who lived a block away from the victim’s home, reported seeing Louis Wright, now 65, about five hours before the assault happened.
The police focused on Wright as the prime suspect based on the off-duty officer’s claim of seeing him in the neighborhood. Wright willingly visited the police department later and allegedly confessed to the crime, however,…
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