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Innocent Man Exonerated After 25 Years in Prison
25 years for something he didn't do. He was 24 when he went into prison. Sickening
http://gawker.com/innocent-man-exonerated-after-25-years-in-prison-1764264236
Though he cooperated with the police and provided an alibi, Mr. Hatchett was arrested and convicted almost entirely on the testimony of a career criminal named Gerard Williams, who said that he had seen, from 30 to 40 feet away, Mr. Hatchett striking a body on the ground in the park that night.
Mr. Williams offered the account after he was arrested in connection with a burglary a little over a week after the killing, and after having initially identified someone else as the killer — information the prosecutors never gave the defense, as was required.
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Well, that's what Fat Tony said. No reason to overturn a perfectly good legal decision, even if the facts show the guy didn't do it! 
