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Innocent Man in Los Angeles Freed After Serving 20 Years for Attempted Murder
File this under “Our messed-up justice system just righted an incredible wrong”: A man who spent 20 years behind bars for a gas station shooting he didn’t commit was freed Tuesday by a Los Angeles County judge. Marco Contreras, 41, was convicted in 1997 of attempted robbery and attempted murder for a 1996 shooting at…