 Kansas City prisoner'blessed' to be free after lookalike found 堪萨斯城囚徒由于相像的人被发现，而获得“神助”自由 A US prisoner who spent 17years in jail for a robbery he did not commit has spoken of his relief thatresearchers found his lookalike. 一个美国囚徒为了一起他并未犯的抢劫罪而入狱17年，说起了他的重获自由，竟然是由于研究者找到了与他相像的人。 Richard Anthony Jones fromKansas was released from jail after witnesses said they could not tell the twomen apart. 堪萨斯的理查德 安东尼 琼斯在犯罪目击者们说他们无法把两个人分清后，而从监狱里获得释放。 A judge ruled there was noevidence to keep him in jail. Mr Jones said finding aphoto of the other man - who as well as looking like him, shares the same firstname - was a "needle in a haystack moment”. 一个法官判决由于没有任何证据而不能把他继续关在监狱里。琼斯先生说，发现了另一个人的相片 - 不仅这个看起来像他， 还与他同名， 这简直是“大海里捞针”。 'I don't believe in luck, Ibelieve I was blessed,' Mr Jones told the Kansas City Star. So far no criminal case hasbeen filed against his double - known only as Ricky - who gave evidence at MrJones's robbery retrial and denied committing the crime. ‘我不相信运气，我相信我是被保佑了，“ 琼斯先生告诉堪萨斯城之星（报纸）。到目前为止，这个和他像是一个模子刻出来的－只知道叫Ricky的人－没有被控告犯任何罪案。 这个人在琼斯先生的重审时提供了证据，并且否认了犯了这个罪。 While not saying Ricky wasresponsible, the judge found that based on the new evidence, no reasonablejuror would have convicted Mr Jones. 虽然没有说Ricky是否有罪，但法官根据新的证据认为，任何通情达理的陪审团都不会判琼斯先生有罪。 Mr Jones said that he beganto despair that he would ever be released from jail after repeated efforts toappeal against his 19-year conviction for a 1999 robbery. 琼斯先生说他多次的上诉，也已经开始对自己被从监狱释放失去希望。他为1999年的一桩抢劫案被判19年监禁。 "All my appeals hadbeen denied. It has been a rough ride," he said. “我的所有上诉都被否决了，这个过程实在太艰难的，” 他说。 But in 2015 he toldresearchers from the Midwest Innocence Project - a group that aids wronglyconvicted prisoners - about a man called Ricky he had heard about. Mr Jones hadbeen told by fellow inmates that he looked identical to Ricky. 但在2015年，他向“中西部无辜项目” - 一个为错判囚徒提供帮助的团体-说了一个叫Ricky的人。他同监狱的囚犯告诉他，琼斯先生他和Ricky看来长得一摸一样。 "When I saw thepicture of my double it all made sense to me," he said. 他说”当我看到这个和我一摸一样的人的相片时，我一切都明白了。“ Mr Jones had been convictedbased mostly on eyewitness evidence. 琼斯先生当年被判有罪的大部分的证据是根据目击者提供的。 There was no physical, DNAor fingerprint evidence that linked him to the crime. 没有实物、DNA或指纹，表明把他与这件罪案有关。 The researchers found thatnot only did the other man bear an uncanny resemblance to Mr Jones, he livednear the scene of the crime in Kansas City, Kansas, whereas Mr Jones livedacross the state line in Kansas City, Missouri. 研究人员发现不仅另一个人和琼斯先生有非同一般的相像，这个人住在离犯罪现场近的堪萨斯州的堪萨斯城，而琼斯先生住在跨过州界的密苏里州的堪萨斯城。 (两个城市隔河而立，但属于两个不同的州 - 译者） Lawyers for Mr Jones alsosaid he was with his girlfriend and her family at the time members of thepublic were robbed in a park. 琼斯先生的律师们还说当公园里有人被抢劫时，他在和他的女朋友和她家人在一起。 They argued that policeidentity procedures 17 years ago were deeply flawed. A lawyer working on hiscase said the team were "floored by how much" Mr Jones and his doublelooked alike. 他们争论说17年前的警察指认程序存在很大疏漏。一个代表琼斯先生的律师说他的团队被琼斯先生和这个相像的人的“相似程度”给惊呆了。 Mr Jones told the KansasCity Star that he was now adjusting to life outside of jail and was happy to beback with his children. 琼斯先生告诉堪萨斯城之星他正在适应监狱外的生活，他为和他的孩子们重聚而感到高兴。 重点单词汇总 lookalike : 酷似…的人; needle in haystack : 大海里涝针 blessed: 祝福，有福的; identical : 同一的; 完全同样的，相同的; 恒等的; 同卵的; appeal : 上诉 eyewitness : 目击者，目击证人 “少年，拼吧！”内容链接： 今天学习之后，也要复习一下前几天的单词哦： 2017/06/13 英语读头条（第64期） 菲尔普斯后继有人。 2017/06/12 英语读头条（第63期） 全世界最有价值的品牌十强。 2017/06/11 英语读头条（第62期） 在小朋友的卧室放电视机，会增加他肥胖的几率。 2017/06/10 英语读头条（第61期） 国酒茅台再放大招，这次惊动了教育部。 2017/06/09 英语读头条（第60期） 火星宇航员将面临大量的威胁。 2017/06/08 英语读头条（第59期） 独家翻译，史上最有趣的高考段子。 2017/06/07 英语读头条（第58期） 新发现的太阳系外行星是啥样的。 2017/06/06 英语读头条（第57期） 全世界很多国家的啤酒销量出现下滑。 2017/06/05 英语读头条（第56期） 人类将近距离接触太阳。 2017/06/04 英语读头条（第55期） 一日三餐和少食多餐哪个更好。 2017/06/03 英语读头条（第54期） 外国人做起假来也毫不含糊。 2017/06/02 英语读头条（第53期）天下原来有免费的午餐。 2017/06/01 英语读头条（第52期）人类捕鲸，美人鱼遭殃。
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