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May 3, 2016
Man Convicted of Brooklyn Murder Exonerated After 52 Years
Source: NBC News
Come November, 81-year-old Paul Gatling will get to do something that many Americans take for granted he'll get to vote for a presidential candidate.
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson vacated Gatling's 1964 murder conviction on Monday and restored his rights, including his right to vote.
"I want my name cleared," Gatling told NBC News before Thompson made it official. "Most of all, I just want to vote before I die."
The delighted Gatling said his only regret is that President Obama won't be on the ballot.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-convicted-brooklyn-murder-exonerated-after-52-years-n566076
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