Alleged 2007 killer wrongfully convicted, DA’s office says
“In Shelby County and around the country, there are wrongful convictions,” District Attorney Steve Mulroy said. “They take place. They don’t take place in most cases, but they aren’t freakishly rare. So I guess I will say I was displeased but not shocked.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
A man convicted in 2010 of a murder three years earlier was not the killer, according to Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy. Instead, another person has been charged and is awaiting extradition from Oklahoma.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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