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BLACK MAN FREED AFTER 44 YEARS ON RAPE CHARGES
Black Man Freed after 44 Years on Rape Charges

Attempted aggravated rape charges against Louisiana man Vincent Simmons have been dropped. freeing him from prison after 44 years. CNN reports. In 1977. Simmons. 24. was accused of attempting to sexually assault two white twin girls. Karen and Sharon Sanders. who were 14 years old. A jury decision of 11 white men and one Black woman found him guilty. According to a CBS News report. the women reported the incident to a sheriff saying they were kidnapped by a Black man. taken to a country road and sexually assaulted for three hours in a car that belonged to their cousin. Keith Laborde. who allegedly was locked inside the trunk. Attorney Justin Bonus filed a motion for Simmons’ release. claiming there was no forensic evidence to connect him to the crime. The women still stood by their accusations years later. “We’re tired. We want it behind us. He went in guilty. he’s still guilty and he’ll die guilty.” said the sisters. via KALB. However. both of them did not give his name to identify him as the suspect. per CBS. Sharon Sanders told David Begnaud from “CBS Mornings” that Simmons allegedly told the girls his name the night of the incident but the women didn’t provide any other details in the report besides Simmons’ race. More pieces of evidence suggested a conflict in the facts of the incident. per the CBS report. A photo of Simmons in a lineup showed him wearing handcuffs to which the women insisted Simmons was not in handcuffs when they picked him out. Additionally. Bonus. Laborde’s cousin. Dana Brouilette said Laborde admitted Simmons did not rape the women. Brouilette also said it was Laborde who allegedly raped one of the women. Avoyelles Parish District Attorney Charles Riddle III dismissed Simmons’ charges claiming while there was sufficient evidence to keep Simmons behind bars he did not want the victims to re experience their trauma in a retrial. per CNN. “Just in case anyone has any doubt. no this is not a declaration of innocence at all. We attempted to free him months ago because he has served enough time. Let this case be put to bed and the victims free from suffering again.” said Riddle via CNN.


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