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2 men cleared in 1994 killing that sent them to prison for decades. New DNA tests cast doubt
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FILE - People walk by the Manhattan Criminal Court building, May 29, 2024, in New York. - photo by AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File
NEW YORK (AP) — Two men who went to prison as teenagers for a 1994 killing were exonerated Thursday, after prosecutors said new DNA testing and a fresh look at other evidence made it impossible to stand by the convictions. Brian Boles and Charles Collins served decades behind bars before they were paroled; Collins in 2017 and Boles just last year. They're now free of the cloud of their convictions in the death of James Reid, an octogenarian who was attacked in his Harlem apartment.