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One person is dead and three others were injured following a two-vehicle crash in Gregg County.

MIAMI — A judge in Miami on Wednesday vacated the life sentence of a 55-year-old Black man who prosecutors said was wrongfully convicted because of mistaken identity in 1991.

Thomas Raynard “Jay” James, now a free man after serving decades behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, looks toward the future with hope.

On Wednesday, a judge in Miami vacated the life sentence of Thomas "Jay" Raynard James, a 55-year-old Black man who prosecutors said was wrongfully convicted because of mistaken identity in 1991. As he left a Miami courtroom with his attorneys and family members, James said: "I feel good. Real good." Still wearing his red prison uniform and shackles, James stood behind his mother, Doris Strong, earlier in the day as Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle detaile...

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MIAMI, USA (AP) — A judge in Miami on Wednesday vacated the life sentence of a 55-year-old black man who prosecutors said was wrongfully convicted because of mistaken identity in 1991. “I feel go...

Miami judge vacates life sentence of man wrongfully convicted of murder in 1991

MIAMI (AP) -- A judge in Miami on Wednesday vacated the life sentence of a 55-year-old Black man who prosecutors said was wrongfully convicted because of

Prosecutors said Thomas Raynard James had the same name as a suspect, leading to his wrongful conviction for murder in 1991. His conviction was overturned.

On Wednesday, a judge in Miami vacated the life sentence of Thomas "Jay" Raynard James, a 55-year-old Black man who prosecutors said was wrongfully convicted