DCist: Georgetown Undergrads Help Free A Wrongfully Convicted Man

A group of undergraduates at Georgetown University have played an instrumental role in freeing Valentino Dixon, a Buffalo, NY man who was wrongfully convicted of murdering a man in 1991. 

On Wednesday, Dixon was freed after more than 26 years in prison, fully exonerated of all murder charges in court. The same day, Lamarr Scott, the man who has repeatedly confessed to the killing on camera since it happened in 1991, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault in the death of Torriano Jackson in court. Read more here.