D-N-A evidence clears man of carjacking after more than a decade in prison

ST. LOUIS Antonio Beaver walked into a St. Louis courtroom in an orange prison jumpsuit Thursday. He walked out in a sport coat and slacks.

Beaver is a free man after a more than a decade behind bars for a carjacking he didn't commit. D-N-A analysis cleared him.

The woman who was carjacked picked Beaver from a lineup and he was convicted in 1997. The D-N-A came from blood the carjacker left behind in the car when the woman stabbed him with a screwdriver.

Prosecutors say D-N-A testing at the time couldn't provide conclusive results but Beaver persisted and eventually got a test that showed he wasn't the carjacker.

He says he thanks God because "He knew I was innocent from the start."