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No retrial for LA prisoner freed after 34 years
Wilma Register, Kash Delano Register and a former inmate Keith Chandler hug Friday afternoon. Chandler was instrumental in helping Register with his legal appeals.
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As Register and his mother embraced, he said, “It’s alright momma, let’s just go home now.”
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Los Angeles County prosecutors won't retry a Los Angeles man who spent 34 years behind bars before his murder conviction was overturned.
Authorities told a judge on Friday they were dropping the case against 53-year-old Kash Register.
Register told reporters he had strong faith that his innocence eventually would be revealed.
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Register was convicted of shooting a 78-year-old man in West Los Angeles and was serving 27 years to life.
Last month, a judge overturned his conviction, saying prosecutors used false testimony from an alleged eyewitness.
Among those on hand to congratulate Register was Brian Banks, a former high school football player who spent five years in prison for sexual assault. He was exonerated last year after the alleged victim recanted.
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