The man was sentenced to life in prison in 1998 after he was found guilty of murdering a convenience store clerk.
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Ricky McGee, who was convicted in 1998 for a Boston murder and sentenced to life in prison, is now a free man after prosecutors determined that he did not receive a fair trial.
Prosecutors filed a motion Nov. 3 in Suffolk Superior Court to drop the charges against McGee after finding a lack of concrete evidence and considering new evidence that weakened the testimony of the prosecution’s main witness, according to court filings…