Man freed from prison after 27 years for a crime he didn’t commit, his attorney says

A Minneapolis man, Bryan Hooper Sr., wrongfully convicted of murder in 1998, was exonerated and released from prison after key witness Chalaka Young confessed to the crime and recanted her testimony. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office confirmed his innocence, leading to the vacating of his conviction, which was based on coerced statements and unreliable witness accounts.

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