Man freed after 1995 double-murder conviction tossed

Thursday, September 1, 2016

DURHAM, N.C. -- A North Carolina man was freed from jail Wednesday after a judge tossed his conviction in a double-murder case tried 21 years ago by the prosecutor who later was disbarred for lying and misconduct in the Duke University lacrosse rape case.

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