Man who pleaded guilty to rape allowed DNA test

Wednesday, August 4, 2004

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Rubin Weeks be granted the DNA test he maintains will prove him innocent of a 1991 kidnapping and rape of a Jackson woman. Originally Weeks pleaded guilty to the crimes and received two concurrent life sentences.

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