8/11/84 - Newswoman is stabbed to death
9/15/84 - Man already in jail is charged in Sykes murder
6/5/85 - 'Torture of the mind' haunts key witness
6/15/85 - Hunt convicted in newswoman's murder
5/5/89 - N.C. court awards Darryl Hunt new trial in Sykes case
10/12/90 - Hunt is found guilty
10/20/94 - Test: Semen isn't Hunt's
11/11/1994 - Hunt denied a new trial
2/26/00 - Hunt is denied new trial in killing
6/12/00 - Darryl Hunt to take DNA issue to high court
4/8/03 - Judge orders DNA studies
10/13/98 - National DNA network to open
8/28/00 - Authorities say they have backlog of samples now
10/1/00 - Perfect Witness: Her testimony sent a man to prison, but was he the one who raped her?
2/10/01 - Easley pardons former Marine in rape
8/2/01 - $30 million provided to tackle DNA tests
12/4/02 - Subcommittee plan to expand DNA testing in N.C.
2/23/03 - N.C. finds it has wrongly convicted some inmates and is trying to identify any others
7/18/03 - House OKs bill on DNA testing