25-06-2019 19:55 via kvoa.com

Wrongfully convicted man is killed 13 years after release

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who spent nearly 12 years imprisoned for a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot, 13 years after his release.
Jackson police say 44-year-old Cedric Willis was killed Monday on a city street. No one has been arrested.
In 1994, at age 19, Willis was charged in two robberies. One included a rape and the other a death. DNA testing cleared him of the rape. Though the crimes were likely committed by the same person, Willis was convicted in 1997 of murd
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