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The Boston Globe
Suffolk prosecutors drop Pina murder appeal
Stephen Pina was officially exonerated and released from prison after serving nearly 28 years for a 1993 murder conviction. The Suffolk District Attorney’s Office dropped the case following new evidence and a judge’s 2022 ruling that his conviction should be vacated, with the ruling affirmed last month by the state's highest court. Pina's case highlighted issues of wrongful convictions and prosecutorial misconduct, drawing attention within local political and legal circles.
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