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Claiming innocence, inmate seeks DNA testing in 1976 slaying

by Associated Press
| January 16, 2020 11:05 AM

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man who has spent 43 years in prison for a murder his lawyers say his half brother likely committed is requesting DNA testing on a hunting cap left at the scene of the deadly robbery and shooting in southeast Iowa.

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