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Bittersweet exoneration stories

Coupla notable, if troubled, innocence-related stories:Tony Hall, the East Texas man whose false conviction for child molestation was discussed in this Grits post,  was formally exonerated by the Court of Criminal Appeals this week. These lines from the Lufkin Daily News, though, broke my heart:While Wednesday should have been a happy day for Hall, it was a day of mixed emotions, as he unexpectedly lost his half-brother, Sammy Fuentes, Sunday morning. Fuentes, 44, was found dead at a park behind CVS on Frank Avenue. Hall said he believes his brother died of a massive heart attack, as their father died of one at 54.?He was at my house Saturday. His momma called Sunday and said he was gone,? Hall said tearfully. ?I thought Sammy would be here to share this with...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).