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 CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - A man who spent 26 years in prison for rapes he didn't commit sued Miami-Dade County and police Wednesday, accusing them of falsifying records and other illegal actions.
Luis Diaz Martinez, 69, was released in March 2005 after DNA evidence excluded him as the attacker in two rapes and cast doubt on his conviction in all five cases. Earlier, victims had recanted their testimony in two other convictions.
"They railroaded this man and took 26 years of his life. They took away from him any chance of having a family, any chance for a career, and any chance he had at happiness," said his attorney Marvin Kurzban. "We are here to right that wrong."
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