He spent two decades in prison for church murders. New DNA evidence shows someone else did it

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/20/us/georgia-man-exonerated-church-murder-trnd/index.html 

A man who spent two decades in prison for a 1985 double homicide during church bible study has been exonerated, with all charges against him dropped.

Newly discovered DNA evidence from a hair sample shows Dennis A. Perry, 59, "may have been acquitted if that evidence had been available" during his 2003 trial for the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain in Georgia, according to a news release from Glynn County District Attorney Keith Higgins.

 

 Authorities identified Perry as the main suspect based mainly on testimony from an informant who wanted a $25,000 reward and ultimately was paid $12,000 in exchange for testimony -- something that was never disclosed to Perry's attorneys, the release from Georgia Innocence Project said.