Making a difference
Zilinger and Cage are sharing their story to help exonerated people and victims who have misidentified their assailants. Most victims truly believe the exonerated person is guilty despite DNA evidence, according to experts who study wrongful convictions.
They plan to start an organization to educate groups about wrongful convictions and spread their message of forgiveness.
“She was sincere in her apology,” Cage said. “I knew it was the right thing to do.”
For the first time since the attack, Zilinger no longer lives in fear. She feels at peace, like she has closure, and she wants to help other women reach that point.
“I realized I can’t always call myself a victim,” she said. “I have to start calling myself a survivor.”
She has asked the Chicago Police Department to reopen her case. She wants the DNA evidence that freed Cage to find her attacker.
Since the original taping in November, the two have had lunch together. Cage has met with Zilinger’s brother, who is helping him find a better-paying job. Since his release, re-integration into society has been harder than Cage expected. He works a minimum wage job at a barbeque joint to earn rent money for his family.
Things are looking up, though. His wedding has been delayed for 16 years, first by his wrongful arrest in 1994 and recently by the rocky economy.
But Cage plans to marry his fianceé in May — and he has already invited Zilinger.
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