Andre Davis freed after DNA evidence helps clear him

By ABC7
July 6, 2012 (CHICAGO)

DNA evidence helped overturn Davis's conviction in the 1980 rape and murder of three-year-old Brianna Stickle.

Davis was released from the super-maximum security prison in Tamms after prosecutors agreed to drop the charges.

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