A man who served 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit gets apology from UK review body

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LONDON: A British man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit received an “unreserved apology” on Thursday (Apr 18) from a review body that twice rejected his attempts to have his conviction referred to the Court of Appeal. Andrew Malkinson, 58, had his conviction quashed last July by the appeals court after recently obtained DNA evidence linked another suspect to the crime. He applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates potential miscarriages of