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He was labeled a serial killer in the 1980s. Decades later, lawyers claimed DNA advancements proved his innocence
Advanced DNA testing excludes Danny Glaze and matches another man, highlighting ongoing doubts about the original conviction in the 1987 murders of three Native American women.
- In Minneapolis, advanced DNA re-testing by three independent labs excluded Danny Glaze's DNA, prompting the Innocence Project of Minnesota to file a 2014 appeal challenging his conviction.
- Glaze's 1989 conviction relied on witness and jailhouse claims, including an alleged written confession and handwriting analysis, while no physical evidence tied him to the scenes, Minneapolis Police Department said.
- Glaze died in prison in 2015 one week after a lung cancer diagnosis while pursuing DNA appeals, and Judge Toddrick Barnette and the Minnesota Supreme Court denied relief in 2016 and 2017.
- Testing linked evidence to another man, as the Innocence Project of Minnesota said DNA matched a man who served a rape sentence, while Hennepin County prosecutors maintain the cases are closed.
- Tension developed between police and prosecutors as all three victims suffered sexual assault and mutilation, prompting the Minneapolis Police Department to pursue a single-suspect theory amid Native American organizations' pressure.
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He was labeled a serial killer in the 1980s. Decades later, lawyers claimed DNA advancements proved his innocence
MINNEAPOLIS — Danny Glaze died in prison, trying to prove his innocence in the murders of three Native American women killed in Minneapolis in the 1980s. Glaze was convicted in 1989 for the murders of Kathy Bullman, 19; Angeline Whitebird-Sweet, 26; and Angela Green, 21. He received three life sentences. All of the victims had multiple commonalities: They were sexually assaulted and mutilated. They frequented bars on Franklin Avenue, and they we…
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