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UNBELIEVABLE: Maurice hastings who was wrongly imprisoned for decades over 1983 murder declared factually innocent by us judge | History Defined

Maurice Hastings smiles after the verdict. (AP: J Emilio Flores/Cal State LA News Service)

A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit has been declared innocent by a judge in Los Angeles.

Maurice Hastings was released from prison last year after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect.

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