Exonerated! Wrongly Convicted Black Folks Whose Names Have Been Cleared

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Exonerated! Wrongly Convicted Black Folks Whose Names Have Been Cleared

Kenneth Nixon was only 19 when he was convicted of a murder he didn’t commit.

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