updated 12:14 p.m. EDT, Fri May 16, 2008

Cleared by DNA, man tries to reclaim his life

James Woodard is slowly returning to life. He is starting over after spending 27 years behind bars. He was wrongly imprisoned and cleared by DNA. Woodard was convicted of raping and murdering his girlfriend in 1981 and sentenced to life in prison. He was released on April 29, the 17th Dallas County, Texas, inmate to be exonerated by DNA testing. full story

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