STAFFORD, Va. (AP) — A judge has vacated the 2007 conviction of a Virginia man who was falsely accused of rape.

Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jane Marum Roush said in her order that Edgar Coker no longer has to register as a sex offender, the University of Virginia School of Law said.

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