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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Black man exonerated 47 years after being found guilty of rape: ‘I can finally breathe’

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The wrongful conviction of a Black man for rape was reversed nearly five decades later in what is said to be the longest-standing wrongful conviction in US history.

Leonard Mack, now 72 years old, was formally exonerated on Tuesday after being convicted of rape and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in March 1976.

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