Lubbock unveils statue of wrongly convicted man

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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas officials and relatives of a young man who 28 years ago to the day was falsely convicted of raping a Texas Tech student came together Wednesday to honor the U.S. Army veteran.

A bronze relief memorial sculpture on a street corner not far from where the victim was abducted was dedicated to Timothy Cole to memorialize all he endured — his wrongful conviction in Lubbock and subsequent 13 years in prison.

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