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DNA evidence has freed a Panola, Georgia man today,
after 12 years in Federal Prison.
James Marshall was sentenced to life without parole in 1996
for the mauling death of a state park hiker, Janet Kelly.
I took one look at him and I knew he was the man that mauled and ate my daughter.
Now that he's locked up, I pray to God that people can camp
in that bear preserve without fearing for their safety.
Throughout his time in prison Mr. Marshall maintained his innocence
claiming his jaws were not powerful enough to have inflicted
the six inch deep bites covering Ms. Kelly's body,
and that he did not eat Ms. Kelly's entire left leg and lower torso, as charged.
Panola police expressed shock at the news, as the evidence
against Mr. Marshall had been overwhelmingly strong.
Marshall worked as a guide at the Panola State Park Visitor's Center,
And was definitively placed within a mile of the crime scene
the day after the ***. Even though employees had been warned against
entering the park due to a rash of bear attacks at the time.
The jury took just 20 minutes to reach a verdict
which most attributed to the perverse nature of the ***'s details,
which included a half eaten fish found at the crime scene,
leading Mr. Marshall to be known as "The Salmon Killer".
The killer also scattered huge piles of feces around the campsite.
They say after he killed Janet, he spent five minutes
rubbing his hairy back up against a tree to scratch it.
This man is sick.
The mauling was so vicious that Janet's funeral was closed casket.
Buried with her was the last photograph she took before she died.
A self portrait of her and two bear cubs.
However, the DNA evidence has not exonerated Mr. Marshall of a larceny charge
for tearing off the trunk of Ms. Kelly's car in order to get to the food inside.
Mr. Marshall faces a $5,000 fine for that crime.
The Panola Police Department today apologized for the inconvenience they caused him,
and say they plan to reopen the case and "find the black man who did this".
Moving on, the Bob Dole foundation is awarding scholarships to students
who show potential to know who Bob Dole is.
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