All of Charges Dropped Against Exonerated Man
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ELIZABETH, N.J. — Prosecutors yesterday dropped all the remaining charges against a man who spent 22 years in prison for the murder and rape of two children but was recently freed after DNA testing exonerated him.
In a statement released before a court hearing yesterday, Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said he decided not to pursue the remaining charges following “careful re-evaluation of the case” against Byron Halsey.
Mr. Halsey, 46, was released from prison on May 15 after prosecutors threw out his convictions.
New DNA testing linked a neighbor to the crime.
