Timothy Cole was a student at texas tech when Michele Jean Murray was raped by Jerry Wayne Johnson after parking her car in a church parking lot across from her dormitory, she described the attacker as; a young African-American man with bug-eyes, less than six feet tall. Timothy fit all these descriptions and was picked out of a police lineup. In court he was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison, he died twenty-two years into his sentence.

Be for the crime Tim was just another young man going Texas tech, like all of them he had a past and bright future. His past was one of honor, for he was a twenty-four year old army veteran. His future was going to be lit by a major in political science. …show more content…
A forensic examiner from the Texas Department of Public Safety testified that an analyst in his lab had examined the rape kit collected from the victim at the hospital after the attack. He said the tests had determined that sperm was present on the swabs from the victim's body. Serology testing found evidence of a Type A secretor on the swabs, and the analyst told the jury that both the Michelle and Timothy had type A blood. Michelle is a secretor, he said, meaning her blood type can be determined from bodily fluids other than blood. Timothy’s secretor status was …show more content…
Timothy also attempted to present evidence that a very similar attack had occurred one month before the assault for which Timothy was charged, and that fingerprints from the victim's car in that case did not match Timothy's fingerprints. The judge also did not allow this evidence before the jury.After six hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Timothy. The next day, he was sentenced to 25 years in