Minnesota Man Freed After 27 Years: Wrongful Murder Conviction Vacated
Bryan Hooper Sr. has been released from a Minnesota correctional facility after spending nearly three decades in prison for a murder he did not commit. The conviction was vacated after key testimony from a woman, who has since confessed to the crime, was found to be false. Hooper’s conviction in 1998 was based on this now-discredited testimony, and the Hennepin County Attorney’s office supported his release and the court’s decision. The Prazniak case will now be re-investigated by the Minneapolis Police Department, and the woman who confessed is currently in prison in Georgia.
John Q. Hosedrinker