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Man freed by judge 24 years after death sentence
Original: He got the death sentence 24 years ago. A judge just freed him after plea deal.
A man who received a death sentence 24 years ago has been released from custody after a judge approved a plea deal in his case. The agreement, accepted in court this week, ends a decades-long legal battle over his conviction. The Washington Post reported the ruling, which comes amid ongoing national scrutiny of capital punishment and lengthy death-row appeals.
Why now: A death-row inmate's release after 24 years is a rare and striking criminal justice outcome drawing wide attention
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- He got the death sentence 24 years ago. A judge just freed him after plea deal. · The Washington Post
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