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Black Man Who Spent 25 Years on Mississippi's Death Row Released From Prison After Evidence is Discredited
A Black man in Mississippi who spent over 25 years on death row has been freed after key evidence used in his conviction was discredited. According to the Associated Press, the now 67-year-old Eddie Lee Howard was convicted of capital murder multiple times in the 1992 stabbing death of 84-year-old Georgia Kemp. District Attorney Scott Colom…