2 (A). After spending three decades behind bars, DNA evidence proved Cornelius Dupree's innocence. Dupree was arrested and ultimately wrongfully convicted for the robbery of a woman and a man. He was indicted for both the robbery and the rape of the woman, but because prosecuting him for the rape would not extend his 75-year sentence handed down for the robbery, the rape charges were dismissed. At the time, DNA testing was not available to clear him of the crimes. Although he was not convicted of the rape, the evidence clearing him of the rape also pointed to the robbery, as both were connected. In 1979, two black assailants forced a man and a woman at gunpoint into the man's car at a drive-thru grocery store. While driving along the highway, the attackers robbed both victims, then forced the man to get out of the car. After a failed escape attempt by the woman, the two men took her to a nearby Dupree case. Through DNA testing they were able to exonerate him and get him paroled in 2010 because the rape and robbery for which he was convicted occurred in the same incident. I believe there was sufficient evidence during the initial trial to ensure Mr. Dupree was given due process and exonerated of these crimes. However, the systemic nature of discrimination and racism prevailed in the case. The system has always been imperfect and justice has not always been a priority for some, especially when it concerns minorities. The attitude is usually that all black people are the same, and if they didn't commit the crime in question, they did something they didn't get caught for, so it doesn't matter. Even though Mr. Dupree was innocent at the time, the fact that Massingill had a gun on him and was also a suspect in another rape for which he was committed, in the eyes of the police, I believe they overlooked the facts of this particular case, simply because he was with Mr. Dupree, and the two attackers were two black men