This is the moment a Cleveland man was exonerated of a murder he didn't commit - 40 years after the killing took place. Kwame Ajamu was just 17 years old when he was sentenced to death in 1975 after businessman Harry Franks was beaten and shot dead outside a convenience store in his neighborhood. Then going under the name Ronnie Bridgeman, he was jailed alongside his brother Wiley Bridgeman, then aged 20, and their friend Ricky Jackson, 19. But the case against them unraveled after the prosecution's star witness, a 13-year-old, recounted his testimony last year, saying he lied after being pressured and fed evidence by detectives.
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Kwame Ajamu was 17 when he was jailed for 1975 killing of Harry Franks
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Given death, reduced to life, with brother Wiley and friend Ricky Jackson
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Prosecution's case rested on testimony of 13-year-old boy Eddie Vernon
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Sentences unravelled last year after Vernon said testimony was 'all lies'
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Mr Ajamu became last of trio to be exonerated yesterday after 40 years
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