A man who was convicted of murdering a 77-year-old woman in Minneapolis nearly 30 years ago is now free after being exonerated.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says 54-year-old Bryan Hooper Sr., who has been in prison for 27 years, was released late Thursday morning from the Stillwater prison. This comes about a month after Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced she was going to file a petition to vacate his conviction.
Judge Marta Chou decided to vacate Hooper’s conviction on Wednesday, a day after Hooper’s hearing…