A Tampa man is set to be released from prison on Thursday afternoon after 37 years behind bars for a murder and rape officials now say he didn't commit.
A motion has been filed by Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren to free a man wrongfully convicted of a 1983 murder and attempted rape in Tampa. Story: https://bit.ly/32vS1kD
The man who admitted to police that he had murdered his girlfriend and pleaded guilty to murder charges in connection to her death was sentenced Wednesday. Jonathan Eugene Akin was sentenced to 34..
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