Two brothers have had their freedoms restored after spending 25 years behind bars for a crime they didn’t commit.
Brothers David Bintz and Robert Bintz have been cleared of the 1987 killing of Sandra Lison, according to a press release from the Wisconsin Innocence Project.
The brothers were represented by the Great North Innocence Project.
Their release comes after genetic genealogy DNA results showed the perpetrator in the 1987 slaying of Lison near Green Bay was someone else – William Joseph Hendricks, a man with prior convictions for similar crimes.
After a hearing on Wednesday, Brown County Circuit Court Judge Donald R. Zuidmulder signed an order calling for the brothers’ immediate release.
“We could not be happier to welcome David Bintz home,” said Rachel Burg, WIP co-director. “The Wisconsin Innocence Project has been fighting for Mr. Bintz’s freedom for more than 20 years. We are honored to have worked on his behalf and by his side throughout this arduous process. Finally, our hearts go out to the Lison family, and we hope they can now find closure.”
You can read more in an article by Chad Thompson published in the wkow web site at: https://tinyurl.com/3887hvvp.