An extraordinary claim in an award winning book called The Lovely Bones has made headlines once again. 40 years after the initial 1982 conviction in the reported rape of Alice Sebold a reversal of conviction has occurred after it was determined the wrong man was sent to prison.
Here’s how the story reportedly goes.
Back in 1982, Sebold identified Anthony Blackwater as the man who allegedly raped her while they were students in college. The problem is that with modern DNA evidence and machinery, officials were able to determine that was in fact not true. Sebold however despite her many mistruths to investigators would go on to become a millionaire author having released her book The Lovely Bones in 2002 whilst Blackwater was released from prison in 1999.
Blackwater famously spent 16 years behind bars for a rape and assault he did not commit. Sebold is understood not to have come forward yet as of this writing. It is alleged that Sebold actually encountered Blackwater five months after the attack randomly walking along the street and only later identified him as the attacker according to multiple published reports in America.
“I never, ever, ever thought I would see the day that I would be exonerated,” Broadwater, 61, said after his court appearance in Syracuse on Monday, the Post-Standard of Syracuse reported.
Calls to Sebold ‘s reps and publisher failed to return comment before publication time but we will be following up on this story.
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