A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit was declared innocent by a judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
District Attorney George Gascon said Hastings “survived a nightmare.”
Gascon said the ruling will clear Hastings’ name and pave the way for him to seek possible relief in connection with his wrongful conviction. Hastings was charged with special-circumstance murder, and the district attorney’s office sought the death penalty, but the jury deadlocked. A second jury convicted him, and he was sentenced in 1988 to life in prison without possibility of parole.Article contentAt the time of the victim’s autopsy, the coroner conducted a sexual assault examination, and semen was detected in an oral swab, the district attorney’s office said in October.
The DNA profile was put into a state database and matched to a person who was convicted of an armed kidnapping and forced copulation of a female victim who was placed in a vehicle’s trunk. The suspect, Kenneth Packnett, died in prison in 2020, prosecutors said.
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