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The lawyer who helped a Black man get exonerated after more than 30 years incarcerated and several appeals was just two years out of law school when she
A Florida man who was exonerated after serving 31 years in state prison for a crime he did not commit will not be compensated for the years he lost behind
An attorney for a Florida man who spent over three decades in prison for a crime he did not commit has vowed to seek restitution for her client. Thomas
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Thomas Raynard James spent 32 years in prison for a crime he did not commit until he finally walked free last week, thanks to a tenacious journalist, a pro bono lawyer and the Miami-Dade state attorney's conviction integrity unit, which reviews old cases in which convicts have exhausted appeals. The exoneration shows all Florida judicial circuits should have such reviews.
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A South Florida man who was freed from prison last month after serving 31 years on a wrongful murder conviction wanted to ride a high-speed train. Brightline granted his wish by giving him a free ride from Miami to Fort Lauderdale and back.