Judge vacates murder conviction 16 years after killing of Minneapolis high school student

A man who was convicted of murdering a Minneapolis teenager over 16 years ago is now free after a Hennepin County judge vacated his conviction on Wednesday. Edgar Barrientos-Quintana’s murder conviction from 2009 was vacated by Judge John McBride after he found that the defense counsel’s representation was flawed and the prosecutors committed Brady violations, according to the Great North Innocence Project (GNIP).

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