The New York Times on Sunday published a comprehensive study of the 208 men and women who have been exonerated by DNA to date. The Times attempted to interview as many of these exonerated individuals as possible. Their stories appeared in Sunday’s paper. The Times’ web site also includes audio interviews with many of the exonerees.

A Virginia man was set free this week after spending six years in prison for a robbery that he did not commit. The case did not involve DNA evidence. Instead, Teddy Thompson, now 24, was able to demonstrate his innocence to authorities when the primary witness against him recanted his identification of Mr. Thompson as the perpetrator. Congratulations to Mr. Thompson and to attorney Charles Haden!

On August 28, Dwayne Allen Dail of North Carolina became the 207th man to be exonerated by DNA. His 1978 rape conviction was the product of both a mistaken eyewitness identification by a 12-year-old girl and of hair analysis that was given more credibility than the science deserved. The responsible prosecutor has now called Mr. Dail’s conviction “a nightmare.”

April 23, 2007, saw this country's 200th exoneration of a wrongfully convicted person freed by DNA testing.  Jerry Miller, 48, of Chicago, was convicted of rape in Cook County, Illinois, in 1981.  His conviction was based on the eyewitness identification testimony of both the victim and two parking lot attendants who saw the attacker at the time of the offense.  Descriptions given by these three individuals immediately after the rape were used to create a composite sketch of the attacker.  Police arrested Mr. Miller because they believed that he resembled the composite sketch.  They brought him in for a lineup, at…

Walter Lomax was freed on December 13, 2006, after spending 39 years in prison for a murder that he did not commit.  Hours earlier, Baltimore Circuit judge Gale E. Rasin had granted Mr. Lomax's motion to reopen his long-closed case.  She then overturned his life prison term and resentenced him to time served.  The Baltimore state's attorney's office did not oppose the motion to reopen or the decision to release Mr. Lomax.  Mr. Lomax was convicted of a convenience store robbery and killing that he could not have committed because his right arm was in a thick cast at the time.  He was convicted based solely…