Man falsely accused of raping stepdaughter walks free after she spent 20 years insisting he didn’t do it

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Williams, a graduate of Tulane Law School and previosuly a member of the New Orleans city council, established a civil rights division in the office to investigate harms perpetrated by the criminal justice system. When Mr Brown filed a claim of factual innocence, the civil rights division was ready to investigate — and, upon reviewing the victim’s statement and the available evidence, appealed to have Mr Brown’s conviction thrown out. “This victim has endured not just the deep trauma of child sexual assault, but the trauma of knowing the wrong man has been imprisoned for almost three decades while the man who raped her walked free,” Civil Rights Division Chief Emily Maw said in a statement reported by CNN. The Guardian reported that the division has already intervened in 284 cases since its creation two years ago, vacating convictions 21 cases in additon to Mr Brown’s.