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Louisiana Man Exonerated After 17 Years Incarcerated

Louisiana Man Exonerated After 17 Years Incarcerated

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Jun 30, 2019
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Royal Clark Jr. has spent more than 17 years behind bars for an armed robbery he did not commit. The Louisiana man was exonerated on June 27 after newly-examined fingerprints cleared him of the 2001 crime.

The 42-year-old was wrongfully convicted of robbing a Terrytown Burger King on June 25, 2003, after a sole eyewitness misidentified him. He was senten…

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