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Negro won't get that parole now--DNA magic strikes again
Negro won't get that parole now--DNA magic strikes again
DNA leads to arrest in 21-year-old rape case
BATON ROUGE — An admitted rapist's parole was canceled because his DNA matched that from another rape 22 years ago.
Clarence Mott Jr., 45, had been scheduled for parole this week from the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Instead, he was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish jail Friday, on charges of aggravated rape and aggravated burglary. :lol:
The assault occurred in September 1985 — seven months before the one to which Mott pleaded guilty and for which he was serving a 25-year sentence.
After Louisiana state police Crime Lab technicians matched Mott's DNA to the earlier rape, a Baton Rouge Police Department detective met with the victim last week, according to the arrest warrant. It said she knew Mott "because he lived across the street from her mother."
The detective filed the warrant for Mott and police placed a hold on his scheduled release, said Angie Norwood, public information officer at Angola.
The crime lab is working through evidence in crimes that occurred before DNA testing was available or as good as it is now.
Fingerprints and a gold earring were the evidence that brought charges against Mott in the April 1986 rape and robbery. He was accused of raping and robbing the same woman in December as well. He was booked with two counts of aggravated rape, aggravated burglary and armed robbery, and pleaded guilty to forcible rape.
After serving about 13 years, he was released to the East Baton Rouge District Parole Office on Sept. 25, 1999, for "good time," Norwood said. After failing to meet with his parole officer, Mott was found in California and returned to Angola on Oct. 23, 2000.
He remained there until Friday, Norwood said. If Mott had remained at Angola, he would have been eligible for parole this week.
Louisiana law does not have any statute of limitations for aggravated rape because it is punishable by death or life imprisonment.
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East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office--Prison Inmate List
Negro won't get that parole now--DNA magic strikes again
DNA leads to arrest in 21-year-old rape case
BATON ROUGE — An admitted rapist's parole was canceled because his DNA matched that from another rape 22 years ago.
Clarence Mott Jr., 45, had been scheduled for parole this week from the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Instead, he was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish jail Friday, on charges of aggravated rape and aggravated burglary. :lol:
The assault occurred in September 1985 — seven months before the one to which Mott pleaded guilty and for which he was serving a 25-year sentence.
After Louisiana state police Crime Lab technicians matched Mott's DNA to the earlier rape, a Baton Rouge Police Department detective met with the victim last week, according to the arrest warrant. It said she knew Mott "because he lived across the street from her mother."
The detective filed the warrant for Mott and police placed a hold on his scheduled release, said Angie Norwood, public information officer at Angola.
The crime lab is working through evidence in crimes that occurred before DNA testing was available or as good as it is now.
Fingerprints and a gold earring were the evidence that brought charges against Mott in the April 1986 rape and robbery. He was accused of raping and robbing the same woman in December as well. He was booked with two counts of aggravated rape, aggravated burglary and armed robbery, and pleaded guilty to forcible rape.
After serving about 13 years, he was released to the East Baton Rouge District Parole Office on Sept. 25, 1999, for "good time," Norwood said. After failing to meet with his parole officer, Mott was found in California and returned to Angola on Oct. 23, 2000.
He remained there until Friday, Norwood said. If Mott had remained at Angola, he would have been eligible for parole this week.
Louisiana law does not have any statute of limitations for aggravated rape because it is punishable by death or life imprisonment.
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East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office--Prison Inmate List
Prison Inmate List
Inmate Information
Last Name: MOTT
First Name: CLARENCE JR
Sex: M
Race: B
Booked: 06/15/2007, 16:10
Charges
Charge LRS File Number
RAPE/AGGRAVATED 14:42 85-70482
BURG/AGG 14:60 85-70482