Unjustly Imprisoned Man Credits Mom, God for Sustenance During Ordeal

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Unjustly Imprisoned Man Credits Mom, God for Sustenance During Ordeal

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A recently exonerated man credited his faith in God and the support of his mother for his ability to endure 24 years of wrongful incarceration. Dontae Sharp always maintained his innocence in the 1994 murder of George Radcliff. A judge vacated his sentence after the state’s only eyewitness recanted her testimony and the former ...

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