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Nevada: Woman Freed After 35 Years Sues for Wrongful Murder Conviction
Loaded on Nov. 30, 2017
by Lonnie Burton
by Lonnie Burton
Homophobic police officers in Reno, Nevada framed a mentally ill woman for a murder she did not commit by labeling her a lesbian, withholding evidence and coercing a confession from her, her attorneys claimed in a lawsuit filed in August 2016. The woman spent 35 …
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