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Clarence Moses-EL, front, walks out of the Denver County jail with his wife, Stephanie Burke, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, in Denver. A judge cleared the way for Moses-EL, who has spent 28 years behind bars for a rape he says he did not commit, setting bond that will allow him to walk free. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A Denver man who spent more than a quarter-century in prison for an attack he denies committing walked free Tuesday, locking arms with his wife as his tearful children applauded and

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A Texas grocery store employee who spent nearly 25 years in prison in his wife's beating death walked free Tuesday after DNA tests showed another man was responsible. His attorneys say prosecutors and investigators kept evidence from the defense that would have helped acquit him at trial.

Michael Morton, 57, was convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to life in prison for the August 1986 killing of his wife, Christine. Morton said he left her and the couple's 3-year-old son to head

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