A. B Butler Case Analysis

Butler was one of many to be accused of a crime he didn’t commit. In 1993, a woman got raped and kidnapped by whom she thought was Butler. He has been falsely accused in many ways, such as not having DNA evidence, not enough information about the crime, and lastly false accusation from the women that this crime was committed on.
Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial, which A.B. Butler did not get. Since Butler got his request denied, they couldn't prove him innocent. This is proven when Butler appealed, repeatedly asking that the evidence collected from the victim and the scene of the crime be tested and his appeals were denied ("A.B. Butler").
This just shows it led to the wrongful conviction

This led to the wrongful conviction because they had no evidence to prove him innocent. All these examples lead to false accusations, but so do miscommunications.
Miscommunication leads to misunderstanding,Which rarely leads to anything good.
Butler already had a rape record so he was in the lineup, and the women identified him. This is shown when The victim initially identified Butler from a book of mug shots and later identified him in a lineup (Neufeld and Scheck). This relates to the wrongful conviction because she identified the wrong black male. Also, when people believe they are right, they repeatedly say what they believe. This is shown when she subsequently identified him at trial ("A.B. Butler"). She may believe she is right, but everyone makes mistakes and that's something everyone has to pay the consequences for. Miscommunication might lead to a lot of misunderstanding, which may make crimes harder to understand.
Not everyone who commits a crime is a criminal. A.B. Butler did not do what the woman accused him of such as being held at knife point. In the article it states a Tyler woman

He was also picked because the women abducted "identified" him. Butler, who was on 10 years probation at the time for a previous rape case, was first picked from mug shots, then from a line up"(Evan). If he didn't have a rape case he wouldn't have even been in the options. Not only in the case was the person committing the crime an issue, but it could also have been the woman who reported him.
Sometimes people make mistakes. The victim in this case, a young white woman, reported that she had been abducted from a parking lot and raped by a black male ("A.B. Butler").
The victim reported a black male of rape, but was not positive it was him. Secondly, She had been forced to drive to a rural area before the assailant raped her twice ("A.B. Butler").She was forced to drive around and was raped so she should have known who it was.
Proof is the key to everything in a case.When Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, who had always denied pleas for reprieves, finally granted, acknowledging the importance of DNA evidence and the right of a condemned man to ask for testing.("A.B. Butler").He was exonerated by
DNA testing with the help of the Gov. Lastly, Butler was released in January 2000 and