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Minnesota to free man serving life in child's 2002 death

by Robin McDOWELLMargie Mason
| December 15, 2020 3:09 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s pardon board decided Tuesday to free a Black man who was sent to prison for life as a teenager in a high-profile murder case that raised questions about the integrity of the criminal justice system that put him away.

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