Ala.
Man on Death Row Found Innocent
May
26 2001 DECATUR, Ala. - A man who spent five years on death
row was found innocent at a retrial and released from prison.Gary
Wayne Drinkard, 45, of Falkville was set free Friday after a
Morgan County jury found him innocent of the murder and robbery of
Decatur businessman Dalton Pace.Drinkard's first conviction was
overturned by the Alabama Supreme Court because prosecutors were
allowed to enter as evidence Drinkard's prior criminal history.Pace
was killed at his home on Aug. 18, 1993, during a robbery that
netted about $2,000, police said.
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