Uploading this newly generated profile to a national criminal database maintained by the F.B.I. has not yet provided a “hit,” she said.
That means that the mystery man’s DNA does not match any of the DNA profiles that are already in the database, taken from people who were convicted or arrested on suspicion of violent crimes.
According to the Innocence Project, no physical evidence was ever produced that connected Mr. Lee to Ms. Reese’s murder.
Mr. Lee’s first trial resulted in a hung jury.
His second murder trial began on Oct. 10, 1995, just seven days after O.J. Simpson had been acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
“The Simpson verdict shocked and angered many white Americans and polarized the nation along racial lines.
It’s difficult to imagine that any jury could be truly objective in considering the evidence against Mr. Lee at that particular moment in time. »
