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The Straight Story

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 12:17 PM Apr 2013

Making a new life after 20 years of false imprisonment

Franky Carrillo was just 16 when he was convicted of murder. He spent the next 20 years in prison in California for a crime he did not commit.

He was released after eyewitnesses admitted they had lied. He is now in university trying to start a new life and to build a relationship with the grown son he only saw as an infant.

(video of interview at link)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21972058

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