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Death row inmate walks free due to DNA evidence
Death row inmate Damon Thibodeaux walked free after 15 years behind bars after DNA evidence showed he had been wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of his cousin, authorities said. The 38-year-old was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in the early afternoon on Friday, Pam Laborde, communications director…
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