USA - Texas. James A. Fry, who prosecuted Dallas County exoneree Charles Chatman, said he is

James A. Fry, who prosecuted Dallas County exoneree Charles Chatman, said he is "shaken to the core" because of the number of exonerations throughout the country and problems with eye witness testimony. Once a staunch supporter of capital punishment, Mr. Fry said no longer supports it because of the problems in the criminal justice system highlighted by the exonerations. "I don't think the system can prove who is guilty and who is innocent," he said in an interview at his office in Sherman where he practices family law. Chatman, black, was 20 when the victim, a young white woman in her 20s, picked him from a lineup. She identified him in court as the attacker, and serology tests showed that the type of blood found at the crime scene matched that of Chatman, along with 40 percent of black males. Chatman was convicted of aggravated sexual assault in 1981 and sentenced to 99 years in prison.