Vincent Simmons is a free man after decades in prison.
Highlights
- Vincent Simmons was convicted of attempted aggravated rape of twin sisters in 1977.
- He has been trying for years to get a new trial.
- A judge says he will not retry him, saying the time “has been overcome” by new evidence.
- Simmons’ twin sisters, now 59, say they are the victims and that he is guilty.
- The girls’ testimony to police initially told police they didn’t know who he was and that “all Black people look alike” and even used the N-word, defense lawyer says.
- They say they told police that they did not know who the alleged attacker was and said he was Black and that all Black people looked alike.