The Brief
- Bryan Hooper, Sr., got an apology from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, 27 years after prosecutors from the office convinced a jury to convict him of a murder he did not commit.
- Chalaka Young was the key witness in the case against Hooper in 1998. She recently confessed to the crime, which led to Hooper’s exoneration.
- Hooper hasn’t shown anger in two public appearances since his release, but he says there is anger. He just plans to direct it to something productive.
(FOX 9) – Four days after gaining his freedom, a Minneapolis man exonerated on a wrongful murder conviction received an apology from the office that got him convicted.
What can you say?
Focused on freedom:
Bryan Hooper, Sr., admits he’s not a man of many words with people he doesn’t know well and on Thursday he was mostly focused on going home, but he’s starting to reveal how difficult it really was.
Hooper’s outstretched arms as he walked out of prison said all he needed to say Thursday.…