This, she now thinks, impeded her ability to identify her attacker. She also worries that she knew very few black people at the time. Since then, however, Kane has learned about gaping flaws in the criminal justice system. The Boston-area retiree said at the time she trusted the courts to provide a fair trial. Kane, now 71, said that on the horrific day, she was trying not to look at her assailant. But in an exclusive interview in July, Kane said that she wanted to speak publicly about her concerns that she may have identified the wrong man.Ĭlark is black and Kane is white. GBH News generally does not identify victims of sexual assault without their permission. Then 18 years old, Clark was charged with in the brutal rape, assault and kidnapping of Anne Kane in the Fenway nearly 50 years ago.
The district attorney’s motion is a remarkable turnaround for Clark. “I was never a person that committed this crime.” “I pray that it will work out,’’ Clark said.
But in an in-person hour-long interview last week at the North Central Correctional Institute in Gardner, the bald, bespectacled prisoner said he was encouraged by support from the victim and what he understood, from his attorney, was the district attorney’s willingness to change her mind. The case is awaiting a new hearing in Suffolk County Superior Court.Ĭlark could not be immediately reached for comment. “We don't believe justice was done with respect to the rape charge,” Rollins said in a phone interview Monday. Those convictions, according to Rollins, would stand. Rollins said if the court agrees to vacate the rape conviction, she will not prosecute.Īt the same time Clark was convicted of rape, he was also found guilty of kidnapping and robbery. In addition, Rollins cited the Commonwealth's failure to preserve key evidence that could have aided Clark's cause.
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Rollins filed a motion on Friday in Suffolk County Superior Court supporting Clark’s petition for a new trial - citing concerns by the victim that she may have misidentified her attacker. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins says she is seeking to vacate Clark’s rape conviction. Now the 66-year-old Massachusetts prisoner may see freedom. Tyrone Clark has spent most of his adult life behind bars for a 1973 Boston rape he always insisted he didn’t commit.
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