The 56-year-old Australian who was wrongfully jailed for more than a decade was killed while crossing an intersection in Los Angeles
The 56-year-old Australian had been free for 13 years and was engaged to a woman in Los Angeles when he was killed in a hit-and-run crash Thursday.In the final moments of his life, Mallard can be seen buying cigarettes and talking with a clerk at a Hollywood liquor store on surveillance video obtained by CNN affiliate KABC. The station reports he was a regular customer. Minutes after Mallard left, he was hit by a vehicle while he was crossing the street. The driver took off without stopping.
Read MoreIn 1995, Mallard was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Pamela Lawrence at her jewelry shop in a suburb of Perth.The documentary"Saving Andrew Mallard" followed Mallard's family, journalist Colleen Egan, Member of Parliament John Quigley and lawyer Malcolm McCusker as they made the case for Mallard's innocence.
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