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New DNA evidence frees Hawaii man after 30 years in prison for murder

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Gordon Cordeiro was convicted of murder in 1994 killing of Timothy Blaisdell .

He was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after a hung jury in his first trial.

The Hawaii Innocence Project took up his case and argued that new evidence would change the outcome of his second trial.

A judge rules there is insufficient evidence to show that the state intentionally used false testimony.

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