Ray Zeek has been incarcerated for 15 years for first-degree rape. He has been working with the Innocence Project in order to prove that he is innocent. He feels sure that there is evidence which would implicate another man in this crime. He feels that he has a great chance of being exonerated in the next year. According to Zeek, there is evidence that could free him, which contains DNA. What, most likely, is this evidence?

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The most likely evidence containing DNA that could exonerate Ray Zeek in a case of first-degree rape would be semen recovered by the police from the victim but previously undisclosed. DNA from semen can be matched to the true perpetrator, potentially proving Zeek's innocence.

Ray Zeek Has Been Incarcerated for 15 Years for First-Degree