Asbury Park Press

Part 1: One man’s fight to clear his name of rape

In August of 2016, Dion Harrell, of Long Branch, was a free man. It had been 17 years since he was released from prison after serving four years for a 1988 rape that he did not commit.

But he was not truly free. He lived as a registered sex offender because of the impact of that rape accusation almost three decades earlier.

Part 2: Blood Evidence

Part 3: The Verdict

Part 4: The Breaking Point

Here is a look back on the Dion Harrell case and his DNA exoneration.

January 2015

February 2015

July 2016

August 2016