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John Thompson, accused murderer exonerated after 14 years on death row, dies at 55
John Thompson, who spent 14 years on death row in Louisiana before being exonerated in a murder case that brought national attention to prosecutorial misconduct and the perils of wrongful conviction, died Oct. 3 at a hospital in New Orleans. He was 55. The cause was a heart attack, said Emily Maw, the director of Innocence Project New Orleans, a nonprofit law office she said collaborated with Mr. Thompson on justice initiatives after his 2003 release from prison.
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And yet there are people who still think the death penalty should remain and even be used more swiftly.