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Convicted at 17, prisoner, now 53, exonerated in rape

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Black man wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago was ordered freed on Thursday after a judge threw out his conviction. Sullivan Walter, now 53, used a handkerchief to wipe away tears as a state district judge formally vacated his conviction for
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