Oregon gives 2nd certificate of innocence to wrongfully convicted man

A man wrongfully convicted of murdering three people decades ago in Salem has received a certificate of innocence and compensation for his wrongful incarceration.

Philip Scott Cannon spent 11 years in prison after a jury convicted him using forensic science that’s since been deemed unreliable.

He was exonerated in 2009.

On Thursday, an order was entered in Marion County Circuit Court to seal his records and finalize the case…

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