Wrongfully convicted man dies 10 years after prison release
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) " A Mississippi man who spent 16 years in prison for crimes he didn't commit has died after an extended illness, a decade after being released.Levon Brooks died Wednesday at his home in Columbus, Mississippi. He was 58. His widow, Dinah Brooks, said he was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago.Brooks was convicted in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison for the 1990 rape and killing of Courtney Smith, the 3-year-old daughter of his former girlfriend. [...]
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