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Judge vacates Lamar Johnson's murder conviction

Cheers erupted in a St. Louis, Missouri, courtroom when a judge overturned the conviction of Lamar Johnson, who served nearly 28 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Johnson always maintained his innocence, and another inmate eventually confessed to the killing.
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