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‘It’s the best week’: 16 years after wrongful conviction, Minnesota man walks free - National | Globalnews.ca

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Edgar Barrientos-Quintana was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2008 drive-by-shooting and murder of Jesse Mickelson .

A state's Conviction Review Unit took another look at his case and decided the jury in his trial didn't hear key evidence supporting his innocence.

On Tuesday , he told reporters he never gave up hope that justice would be served.