Further doubts were raised about Lee’s guilt and final conviction in 2021, four years after a counsel for Lee’s family stated that another person’s DNA was discovered on the murder weapon.
“I think if those results had been had before he was executed, he’d still be alive,” Lee Short, Lee’s former lawyer, told CNN.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Innocence Project, and lawyers for Lee’s family commissioned the DNA test,
Which discovered the murder weapon had the DNA of an unidentified individual. According to lawyers, the DNA on the weapon matched.
That on a bloodied white t-shirt that was wrapped around it, as reported by CNN. Six hairs discovered at the crime scene and eventually shown during.
The trial that resulted in Lee’s sentencing were also subjected to DNA testing. According to the report, after looking at five of the six hairs, testing ruled out Lee as a source.
