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Steven Ruffin (C), who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting, speaks to the media in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Jan. 18, 2024, after he was was exonerated. Jennifer Peltz/AP Photo
NEW YORK—A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades.
“I lost 14 years of my life for a crime that I didn’t commit,” Steven Ruffin told a Brooklyn judge after sighing with emotion.
