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3 Men Imprisoned in 1980 Brooklyn Arson Case Are Exonerated
Three men were cleared on Wednesday of setting a 1980 fire in Park Slope, Brooklyn, that caused the death of a mother and her five children, after the sole eyewitness was deemed unreliable and new understanding of the evidence fires leave behind was applied. Two of the men had each spent almost 33 years in prison on arson and murder charges, the longest time served by any defendant whose conviction has been vacated under Ken Thompson...
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