Dewey Exonerated After 18 Years Thanks to DNA

Apr 30th @ 3:37 pm in News by Scott Staley

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UPDATE;  After 18 years in prison Robert Dewey is expected to be released sometime this afternoon.  Dewey had been accused of a 1994 rape and murder of a Palisade woman, a crime he insisted he did not commit.  As it turned out he was probably right.  New DNA evidence was revealed exonerating Dewey and during a hearing this afternoon a judge is expected to let Dewey walk free for the first time in nearly 20 years.  At a press conference this morning the Mesa County District Attorney’s office did offer an official apology to Dewey.