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Wisconsin Innocence Project’s Work Prompts Judge to Overturn Rape Conviction

Winnebago County (Wisconsin), Circuit Court Judge Daniel Bissett has overturned the 1994 rape conviction of Joseph Frey, who has been serving a 102-year sentence for the crime, which involved the rape at gunpoint of a University of Wisconsin student in her apartment. According to a Wisconsin State Journal report (here), the judge said Frey’s “conviction must be vacated ‘in the interest of justice.’” Frey remains in jail as prosecutors decide whether or not to retry him. Continue reading