JEFFERSON CITY — An inmate imprisoned nearly three decades for a rape and murder conviction walked free Wednesday after a judge ruled that St. Louis police hid or destroyed evidence that cast doubt on his guilt while misleading the mentally ill man into a false confession.
UPDATE: Missouri man set free after murder conviction overturned
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 | 7:57 a.m. CST;
updated 3:58 p.m. CST, Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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