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Burrell was convicted in the killing of Tyesha, who was shot inside her family’s south Minneapolis home. He always maintained his innocence, and another man has confessed to being the shooter.
Minnesota’s pardon board on Tuesday freed a black man who was sent to prison for life as a teenager in a high-profile murder case that raised questions about the integrity of the criminal justice system that put him away. Myon Burrell s case made headlines earlier this year after The Associated Press and American Public Media uncovered new evidence and serious flaws in the police investigation into the 2002 killing of an 11-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet while doing homework at her dining room table.
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FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, Myon Burrell stands for a photograph at the Stillwater Correctional Facility in Stillwater, Minn. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in the murder of Tyesha Edwards, an 11-year-old girl pierced in the heart by a stray bullet in 2002 while doing homework at her family s dining room table. Minnesota s pardon board is set to review Burrell’s conviction and sentence on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) Wednesday, December 16, 2020 11:20 AM EST By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON, AP
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A Black man who was sent to prison for life as a teenager took his first steps of freedom to the sound of ringing bells and cheering family members and supporters, hours after a pardons board commuted his sentence in a high-profile murder case.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota’s pardon board on Tuesday considered freeing a Black man sentenced to life in prison as a teen in a high-profile murder case that has raised questions about the integrity of the criminal justice system that put him away.
Myon Burrell’s case made headlines earlier this year after The Associated Press and American Public Media uncovered new evidence and serious flaws in the police investigation into the 2002 killing of an 11-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet while doing homework at her dining room table.
Last week, an independent panel of national legal experts recommended his immediate release after reviewing the facts and all of the available evidence.
Robin McDowell And Margie Mason
Myon Burrell is released from Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Bayport, Minn. Minnesota s pardon board on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, commuted the sentence of Burrell, a Black man who was sent to prison for life as a teen in a high-profile murder case that raised questions about the integrity of the criminal justice system that put him away. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) December 15, 2020 - 7:29 PM
MINNEAPOLIS - A Black man who was sentenced to life behind bars as a teenager walked out of a Minnesota prison Tuesday to the sound of ringing bells and cheering supporters, hours after a pardons board commuted his sentence in a high-profile murder case.