Lubbock Considers Memorial For Fort Worth Man Posthumously Exonerated By Dna Evidence

The Associated Press, Dallas Morning News: Sports
Thu, 04/26/2012 - 5:44am

Lubbock considers memorial for Fort Worth man posthumously exonerated by DNA evidence

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