Today in Delaware County when the District Attorney's...

Today in Delaware County when the District Attorney's office announced that it is dropping charges against Yarris for the 1981 rape and murder of Linda Mae Craig. In July, Yarris' attorneys revealed that DNA evidence from the crime had been tested and conclusively eliminated him as the assailant. On September 4 (see), Delaware County Judge William R. Toal, Jr., vacated Yarris' conviction. Now 42, Yarris will not immediately be released due to a 31/2 to 7-year sentence for a 1985 escape. Additional charges and sentences were imposed in Florida, however attorneys working on Yarris' behalf will seek his release citing time served in the Craig case. Yarris is the 112th death row prisoner to be exonerated and released in the United States since 1973 and the 10th this year.