A black man has been freed from prison after 44 years when a judge ruled on Monday that he did not have a fair trial in 1977, when he was accused of attempted aggravated rape by two white twins who were 14 years old at the time.Vincent Simmons, who turns 70 on Thursday, has fought to clear his name at least 16 times by trying to present evidence that wasn't seen at his initial trial, when he was convicted by a jury of 11 white men and one black woman.It's not clear how Simmons was even a suspect in the case, and there was no physical evidence linking him to the rape of the twins, Sharon and Karen Sanders, now 59.
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