Georgia man convicted in 1985 double-murder exonerated after 20 years in prison
In July 2020, a judge overturned Dennis Perry s conviction. On Monday, he was exonerated after two decades behind bars. Author: Paola Suro (WXIA) Updated: 12:04 AM EDT July 21, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga. Dennis Perry was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2003 after a jury found him guilty of murdering a deacon, Harold Swain, and his wife, Thelma Swain, in 1985.
On Monday, at 59 years old, he officially walked out of prison a free man, after 20 years behind bars. A Brunswick Judicial Circuit judge accepted a district attorney s request to drop all charges against Perry.
Georgia man exonerated of murder charges after spending 20 years in prison
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Judge exonerates man who served 20 years in Georgia slayings
July 19, 2021
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Dennis Perry, center, standing beside wife Brenda Perry gets emotional while thanking the team from the Georgia Innocence Project after they worked to get his release after 20 years behind bars, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Nicholls, Ga. A judge on Monday, July 19, 2021 dismissed all charges against the man convicted of the 1985 slayings of a couple at a south Georgia church, exonerating him after he spent two decades behind bars, the man s attorneys said. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Stephen B. Morton/AP
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) A judge on Monday dismissed all charges against a man convicted of the 1985 slayings of a couple at a south Georgia church, exonerating him after he spent two decades behind bars, the man s attorneys said.
Big Burden Lifted | Dennis Perry celebrates exoneration after 20-year fight I can put my trust back in the system now. I didn t, but I can now, Dennis Perry said. I m grateful that this part of the nightmare is behind me. Author: Matthew Copeland (WTLV) Updated: 11:30 PM EDT July 19, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga. For two decades, an innocent man sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison waited, hoping he would overcome to odds and exonerate himself.
That day finally came Monday when a judge officially dismissed the charges against Dennis Perry. It s like a big burden is lifted off of me, Perry, 59, said. I m free to be a free man.