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Wrongfully convicted man David McCallum free after 29 years

A man who spent nearly three decades behind bars for a crime he didn't commit is finally free. David McCallum reunited with his family at the Kings County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon. McCallum,

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Oct 15, 2014, 10:24 PM

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