Exonerated Inmates

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Exonerated Inmates
James Dean, left, JoAnn Taylor, second left, Thomas Winslow, and Debra Shelden, right, who were among five people pardoned Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, for the 1985 gruesome rape and murder of 68-year-old Helen Wilson of Beatrice, applaud during a reception held for them in Lincoln, Neb. The pardon, granted Monday by the state's three-member Board of Pardons, marks the first time in Nebraska history that inmates were freed from prison based on DNA evidence. Their pardon doesn't expunge their criminal records but it does restore their civil rights, such as the right to vote, serve in the military and be issued a passport. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)