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A Chicago man who spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit was freed Tuesday after a judge vacated his conviction and dismissed all charges. Brian Beals, 57, struggled to find the right words to describe his feelings as he stood outside Robinson Correctional Center in Crawford County, some 210 miles (338 kilometers) south of Chicago, and embraced his sister and niece. Beals was convicted in the 1988 murder of 6-year-old Demetrius Campbell.

By Raja Razek, CNN

Brian Beals was convicted in the 1988 murder of a 6-year-old. At the time, Beals, a 22-year-old student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, was home in Chicago during Thanksgiving break.

Brian Beals, 57, struggled to find the right words to describe his feelings as he stood outside Robinson Correctional Center in Crawford County.

A man wrongfully convicted in the 1988 murder of a 6-year-old boy in Illinois is free after 35 years behind bars, the Cook County State’s Attorney Office said.

A judge vacated Brian Beals' conviction in the 1988 fatal Chicago shooting of Demetrius Campbell. Beals was wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years.

A Chicago man who spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit was freed Tuesday after a judge vacated his conviction and dismissed all charges.

Prosecutors said the men had been wrongfully convicted in two separate cases, one of which involved a detective linked to the false confessions of the “Central Park Five.”

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