ITV News published this video item, entitled “Lovely Bones author Alice Sebold apologises to man cleared of her 1981 rape | ITV News” – below is their description.
American author Alice Sebold has apologised for her role in the wrongful conviction of a man who has been cleared of raping her in 1981, after he spent 16 years in jail.
Anthony Broadwater, 61, was convicted in 1982 of raping Sebold when she was an 18-year-old student at Syracuse University in New York.
He served 16 years in prison.
Mr Broadwater’s conviction was overturned on November 22 after prosecutors re-examined the case and determined there were serious flaws in his arrest and trial.
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