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Task Force Discusses Changes in Police Investigations to Prevent Wrongful Convictions

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A task force of lawyers and lawmakers is reccomending changes to prevent innocent people from going to jail. That’s what happened to Stephen Avery, a Manitowoc County man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape someone else committed.Shamane Mills reports…

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