Exoneration
Jul 3 2008, AP

A Texas man who spent more than 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of kidnapping and robbery raised both arms skyward and collapsed in his mother’s embrace Thursday after being told he was a free man.Patrick Waller’s sobs were the only...

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