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The Boxer Who Was Accused Of Murder — Twice
Friday, August 17, 2012: A sparse crowd waits eagerly under tents in the parking lot of the Metro West Detention Center, a drab concrete and barbed-wire monolith on the edge of Miami. Just before 7 p.m., a door opens on the side of the building. Yathomas Riley emerges. Cheers break out from family and friends clad in “Free Riley” T-shirts as they flock to the freed man, ready with hugs or tears or both. Someone places a pair of black Nike flip-flops at Yathomas’ feet. He slips out of his worn, faded-yellow shower shoes and...
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