(NEW YORK)-- A man who spent almost 40 years behind bars had his murder conviction for a 1983 killing overturned Thursday.
"Even though it was delayed justice, it was justice," Raymond Flanks told reporters after he exited the courthouse."Time and truth prevailed in this matter."
Flanks -- who drove a new blue car and did not have a white blotch on his face -- was arrested shortly after. The Innocence Project's legal team presented the hidden evidence to the Orleans Parish District Attorney Civil Rights Division, which was launched by District Attorney Jason Williams"to confront past harm and injustice," according to the DA's website."Effortless nights and waking up early in the mornings to investigate and to go get records, retrieve records that the jury has never seen or the victims family never seen," said Flanks.
Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the country, according to research organization Prison Policy Initiative. The data shows that Louisiana's incarceration rate is much higher than that of other U.S. states and many other countries around the world.
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