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The calls to exonerate four men convicted in a 1991 Lorain murder have intensified in the weeks since the Lorain County prosecutor filed a motion for a new trial.“I want this behind me. I want it behind for the people of Lorain County. no need to keep going through this for 30 years now,” Alfred Cleveland told News 5.Cleveland and Lenny Edwards were joined by supporters during a rally outside the Lorain County courthouse Wednesday.
Attorneys for the convicted men point out inconsistencies between the physical evidence and the witness’s story. They also say the man waffled on his testimony, at one point recanting his story under oath and more recently signing an affidavit saying he never actually witnessed the murder.“You can never hang a case on such a witness and the information that they had,” Cleveland said.
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