DNA evidence does not always give a complete picture.
Justin Sallis was arrested by U.S. marshals Aug. 17 in Chicago.
The 26-year-old Minneapolis man spent 25 days in jail waiting to be extradited to Minnesota.
On Sept. 11 — the day after he was returned to the Twin Cities — St. Paul police told Sallis he was charged with rape. The victim, 23, who was raped in a St. Paul alley, was a woman Sallis had dated in March.
Sallis told police that. The officer didn't believe him.
But when the investigator for Sallis' attorney showed the victim photos of Sallis, she immediately told them he wasn't the rapist. Later that day, the Ramsey County attorney's office dismissed the felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct charge against Sallis and offered him a bus ticket back to Chicago.
Sallis declined the gesture.
The key evidence was DNA found on the victim that matched Sallis'. But experts say prosecutors can't always rely on DNA to tell the story. Popular TV shows like "CSI" have made jurors expect DNA evidence in court cases, they say.
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