A man who served more than two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of rape was set free on Monday.
In 1991, Darryl Pinkins, of Gary, Indiana, was was convicted of raping a Hammond woman in the pre-dawn hours of December 1989. He has always said he was at home in bed with his wife when the attack occurred, and DNA evidence later cleared him.
Pinkins, 63, walked out of the Lake County Jail in Crown Point shortly before 11 a.m., a month shy of having spent 25 years behind bars. He was greeted by his wife and two sons, including 24-year-old Darryl Jr., who wasn’t yet born when Pinkins was incarcerated.
“It feels good. It feels good. I’m proud of both of them, and who they are,” said of seeing his sons for the first time in eight years. Read More »