Brian Boles and Charles Collins were exonerated after serving decades in prison for the murder of James Reid. New DNA tests and a re-evaluation of evidence led prosecutors to conclude that the convictions could no longer stand. Both men had been minors at the time of their arrests, with Collins being paroled in 2017 and Boles in 2022. The convictions were based on confessions deemed false and were contradicted by witness statements. A judge dismissed the charges, thereby clearing their names.
Boles lost three decades of his life for a crime he had nothing to do with, said his lawyer Jane Pucher, who works with the Innocence Project.
While today's order cannot return to him the 20-plus years he spent in prison, he is happy that his name is finally cleared, said Conniff, who's with the firm Ropes & Gray.
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