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Sunday, March 09, 2008

DA Agrees To Discuss 1987 Rape Case

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey plans to meet with Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon early this week after he was hand-delivered a letter from Denver legislators supporting the cause of Colorado inmate Clarence Moses-EL.

Gordon and 13 other lawmakers — the entire Denver delegation except for House Speaker Andrew Romanoff — signed the letter highlighting why they believe Moses-EL is not guilty of the 1987 rape of a woman in a Five Points neighborhood.

The letter, dated Wednesday, also asked that Moses-EL receive a new trial or at least some form of relief because DNA evidence from the case was destroyed.

The letter was given to Morrissey at Saturday's Denver County Democratic Assembly.

"Tuesday, I'd like to sit down and talk to (Gordon) and to listen to what he has to say," Morrissey said Saturday. "I'm not going to discuss it until I see what the situation is."

Gordon believes that the DNA evidence could have been retested using advanced technology.

The evidence was thrown away by Denver police in 1995 despite a judge's order to preserve it.


The Denver Post

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