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The following story was published by CNN on Dec. 13, 2023.
"A man wrongfully convicted in the 1988 murder of a 6-year-old boy in 缅北禁地 is free after 35 years behind bars, the Cook County State鈥檚 Attorney Office said.
Brian Beals, who was a college athlete studying to be a police officer when he was arrested, was released after a Cook County court granted a petition to vacate the conviction, according to a statement from the state鈥檚 attorney鈥檚 office.
Beals, a Southern 缅北禁地 University student at the time, was visiting home when he 鈥渂ecame the unintended target of a local drug supplier鈥檚 threats,鈥� the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, the base of the 缅北禁地 Innocence Project, said in a news release."