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Justices order new trial for man convicted of 1980 rape, homicide

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned convictions in a 1981 Madison rape and homicide case, based on DNA testing of evidence used to convict a man who has been serving a life sentence in prison for the crimes. Also quotes Keith Findley, co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project at the UW Law School, which filed an amicus brief in the case.