A Louisiana man serving a life sentence for the rape of a nurse in 1971 claims authorities concealed evidence that the crime was committed by another man linked to two similar attacks. A jury convicted Jones of raping the woman who was abducted from a Baton Rouge hospital’s parking lot on the night of Oct. 2, 1971. That man lived one block from where the nurse’s rapist left her after the hour-long attack, Jones’ attorneys say. Jones’ attorneys suspect prosecutors gave the man “unusually lenient treatment” and didn’t pursue rape charges against him to protect their case against Jones. Jones’ attorneys say Tuesday’s state Supreme Court petition probably represents his last shot at freedom.

Source: National Post January 18, 2017 17:37 UTC