Wrongly convicted man released after 27 years in prison

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A court ruled Tuesday that a Massachusetts man who spent over 26 years in prison was wrongly convicted of murder and robbery in 1995.

James Lucien, now 48, was 22 years old when he was convicted of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Ryan Edwards in 1994, the Boston Globe reported. Prior to Tuesday’s ruling, he was serving a life sentence in prison.

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