wrongly convicted, exonerated for murder
Imprisoned for 20 years for a murder he did not commit, he was exonerated in 2007 and currently lives in Bakersfield
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Timothy Atkins
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State’s Longest Serving Wrongfully Convicted Inmate Is Free Ventura County’s District Attorney says he’s “ no longer comfortable ” with the murder conviction of Michael Hanline. In 1980, Hanline was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. When he was released yesterday in Ventura, Hanline set a record for serving longer than any other Californian to be wrongfully convicted: 36 years.
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