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Wrongfully accused South Korean man acquitted of murder

| December 18, 2020 4:06 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man who spent 20 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit has cleared his name in court after one of the country’s most notorious serial killers confessed to the 1988 rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl.

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