http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/22/newsid_2669000/2669115.stm
"In February 1962 James Hanratty was found guilty and sentenced to death.
After a failed appeal, he was hanged in Bedford Prison in April 1962.
But members of Hanratty's family were convinced of his innocence and campaigned to clear his name.
They uncovered new witnesses supporting his alibi and in 1999 the case was sent back to the Court of Appeal.
Hanratty's body was exhumed for DNA testing against traces found on V. S.'s underwear and a handkerchief wrapped around the gun.
After the tests scientists concluded the DNA was 2.5 million times more likely to belong to Hanratty than anyone else.
Hanratty's family argued the evidence could have been contaminated over the years.
But in 2002 Hanratty's conviction was upheld at the Court of Appeal and a bid to take the case to the House of Lords was rejected.
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