26 Years Taken Away, But A Whole Life Ahead

Seth — March 25, 2010 @ 2:39 PM — Comments (0)
Anthony caravella Hugging his Lawyer Dianne Cuddihy after being Officially Exonerated on March 25, 2010

Anthony caravella Hugging his Lawyer Dianne Cuddihy after being Officially Exonerated on March 25, 2010

Wrongful conviction vacated; charges dropped; Anthony Caravella’s nightmare officially over; the first day of the rest of his life:

A judge apologized to Anthony Caravella in court Thursday morning and threw out his conviction for rape and murder and the life sentence imposed for those crimes.

Caravella, 41, served more than half his life in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing.

“May I take this opportunity to apologize to you on behalf of the state of Florida,” Broward Circuit Judge Thomas Lynch told Caravella as he tossed out the conviction.

The courtroom burst into spontaneous applause.

‘I wish you luck,” the judge told him.

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