Christopher Barbour and the murder of Thelma Roberts

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“The new DNA evidence identifying Jackson’s DNA as the sole male DNA in Mrs. Roberts’ rape kit is powerful evidence that Barbour’s confession is false,” the judge wrote, “and that Mrs. Roberts’ murder did not occur as the prosecution presented it at trial...Barbour’s confession never made much sense to some. It was a winding tale of a homeless man and his homeless friends going across town, being invited in for beer by a working, sober single mother before one of the men raped her, with Barbour and another man (who was identified but never charged in the case) holding Roberts down. The tale ended with Barbour killing her. It was a tale where the men left behind no DNA or physical evidence before heading back to a makeshift campsite in the woods.” link

This sort of problem is hardly unique to Alabama.