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| Man Freed 11 Years Into Life Sentence |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/26/2001 |
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A Virginia man was freed last week after serving 11 years in prison for a murder authorities now say he didn't commit. Jeffrey Cox, 33, and his parents, sitting two rows behind him in a Richmond courtroom, shed tears of joy as Circuit Judge Walter W. Stout dismissed the charges against him. Cox was sentenced to life plus 50 years in prison for the 1990 stabbing death of 63-year-old Ilouise Cooper. He insisted he was innocent, but was convicted, largely on the testimony of two of Cooper's neighbors, who said Cox and another man dragged her from her apartment. In May, Stephen Hood was charged with Cooper's death. Court papers say a witness told investigators that Hood and another man, who has not been charged, killed Cooper. Prosecutors, who could have sought to retry Cox, instead asked Stout to throw out the original indictments, which he did at Wednesday's hearing. Cox said he has no firm plans other than to 'just be happy and be with my family.' He said he would let his lawyers worry about whether he should file a lawsuit over his wrongful imprisonment or seek compensation from the state. |
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