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Jun 2025
7m 49s

He Was Falsely Convicted, Awarded Millio...

Ray William Johnson
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Shaurn Thomas, who spent 24 years in prison for a wrongful murder conviction before being exonerated in May 2017 and awarded a ~$4.1 million settlement, pleaded guilty in December 2024 to the January 2023 killing of Akeem Edwards over a $1,200 debt in Philadelphia

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