Crime & Public Safety
Georgia keeps inmates in prison, despite DNA results that could clear them
Sonny Bharadia is serving life without parole for sexual assault, despite DNA evidence implicating another man.
By Brad Schrade
May 18, 2016"It's frustrating and it's a breakdown in the system," said Stephanie Stuckey Benfield.
The law allows inmates to get old evidence tested for DNA years after their conviction, in hopes of finding the truth.
But a new trial to then prove their innocence is not guaranteed.
Plus, two witnesses say they are certain he was in Atlanta at the time of the crime.
"I'm, like, 100 percent sure that if it happened that weekend that he couldn't have done it," said Kisha Pitts.
The red flags in the original trial, and the problem with the law passed to get convictions like this overturned here on myAJC.com today at 5:45 p.m. and Channel 2 Action News.
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