Minnesota Man Sentenced to Life As a Teenager Walks Free After 18 Years As Investigations Find His Murder Conviction Was Tainted
A Black Minnesota man walked free on Tuesday, Dec. 15, for the first time in 18 years after his life sentence in the 2002 killing of a child was commuted. The Minnesota Board of Pardons commuted 34-year-old Myon Burrell’s sentence after an investigation by The Associated Press and American Public Media Reports revealed new evidence and…