>>..this one did almost 25 years.
>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110127/ap_on_re_us/us_dna_hearing_texas
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>When do they go after the woman that pointed the finger at him?

I don't think that happens much and I don't think it should. There is too much opportunity for memories to be manipulated and for similarity in appearance and voice for the wrong person to be identified -- there could never be any guarantee that she/he intentionally pointed the finger at the wrong person. Hopefully with DNA evidence reliable now (except in the case of North Carolina), severe crimes will only get serious sentences with it to support a guilty verdict when DNA and fingerprinting evidence exist. Either that or an overwhelming amount of supporting evidence as well as numerous reliable witnesses (not either or) and even then, without DNA and fingerprinting I don't think anything but the least level of penalties should be enforced due to the possibility of an innocent person be sentenced.