Exonerated and freed from prison after serving 19 years of a life sentence for murder
Exonerated and freed from prison after serving 19 years of a life sentence for murder.
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John Edward Smith
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FROM John Edward Smith
Which Way, L.A.?
Free, After Serving 19 Years of a Life Sentence John Edward Smith stepped out of custody this week after 19 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. A jury based his conviction on the testimony of a single witness who now says LAPD detectives convinced him to lie. We’ll talk with Smith in a moment. Deirdre O’Connor is a former public defender, now Executive Director of Innocence Matters, which deals with wrongful convictions.
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