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Minnesota frees man serving life in child's 2002 death

by Robin McDOWELLMargie Mason
| December 15, 2020 5:08 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Black man who was sentenced to life behind bars as a teenager walked out of a Minnesota prison Tuesday to the sound of ringing bells and cheering supporters, hours after a pardons board commuted his sentence in a high-profile murder case.

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