A district court judge vacated the man’s conviction in light of evidence showing he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.
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A 64-year-old black man from Louisiana who had been on death row for almost 30 years as a result of a murder conviction handed down by an all white jury was set free last week. So reports The Atlantic.
A district court judge vacated the man’s conviction in light of evidence showing he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.