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Former Death Row Inmate Accused Of Rape

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4)- A former death row inmate has been accused of kidnapping and rape.

Claude Lee Wilkerson was arrested Sunday for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman in Mesa County.

According to the Grand Junction Sentinel, Wilkerson was arrested in Texas in 1978 in connection to the deaths of three people during a jewelry store robbery.

Wilkerson spent four years on death row but was released after a judge threw out his confession.

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