A Texas man who confessed to murder 13 years ago was freed from prison after being cleared by DNA evidence gathered by University of Wisconsin law students. Christopher Ochoa was ordered released by Judge Bob Perkins, who said the case was "a fundamental miscarriage of justice." Ochoa was serving a life sentence. "I had given up on the system," Ochoa said after embracing his weeping mother.
January 17, 2001 at 12:00 AM
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