A man who's been serving a life sentence for the 1986 abduction and rape of a woman in Texas is now the 20th person since 2001 to be exonerated thanks to DNA testing in Dallas County.

Bill Zeeble of North Texas Public Broadcasting's KERA reports that new DNA results have cleared 47-year-old Jerry Lee Evans of the crime.

The Dallas Morning News says Evans is also the 19th man in the county since 2001 to have been exonerated after being convicted due to "faulty eyewitness testimony." It says that when the victim was shown photos of suspects:

Dallas police officers "were leading and encouraging" her to pick Evans out of the photo lineup, said Mike Ware, who oversees the DA's conviction integrity unit. Officers were also "enthusiastically encouraging" after the woman selected Evans.


Update at 4 p.m. ET: CNN's Larry King Live will have what it says is Evans' "first interview as a free man" tonight. The show airs at 9 p.m. ET.