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A lawyer for yogurt shop defendant Robert Springsteen says that re-tested
DNA evidence proves his client is not guilty, and that Springsteen should
be released from prison. In a writ filed this morning, attorney Joe James
Sawyer argues that “new” DNA testing of a vaginal swab taken from
13-year-old victim Amy Ayers at the crime scene in 1991, requested by
prosecutors, has revealed a previously undetected male DNA profile that
does not match any of the four defendants. “This exonerates Defendant
Springsteen and makes it clear someone else committed these murders,”
Sawyer wrote.
Neither Sawyer nor any of the other defense attorneys working
Springsteen's case were available for comment. And the D.A.'s office has
not yet returned phone calls requesting comment.

Check our Newsdesk blog later today (www.austinchronicle.com/newsdesk) for
more information on this story -- and be sure to check out full coverage
in tomorrow's print edition.

Jordan Smith

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[Breaking News] New DNA Evidence in Yogurt Shop Case