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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s pardon board decided Tuesday to free 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. Burrell went before the Minnesota Board of Pardo...

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s pardon board on Tuesday freed 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. 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 leg...

Minnesota Commutes Life Sentence Of Man Convicted As Teen Of Shooting 11-Year-Old By Vanessa Romo  December 16, 2020 The Minnesota Board of Pardons on Tuesday commuted the life sentence of Myon Burrell, a Black man who was sentenced to life in prison as a minor. Burrell, who was 16 at the time of his arrest, was accused of fatally shooting an 11-year old girl, who was struck by a stray bullet while doing her homework inside her family’s Minneapolis home. Following the announcement of his imminent release, Burrell held back tears. “Thank you. Thank you very much,” he said reaching ...

John Minchillo/AP 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...

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 ...