Wrongfully convicted Arizona death row inmate released after 29 years.

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Source: ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix
Wrongfully convicted Arizona death row inmate released after 29 years.
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Barry Jones, who spent 29 years on death row in Arizona for the murder of his girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter, has been released from prison after a reexamination of evidence did not prove he caused the girl's blunt abdominal injury. Under an agreement, he pleaded to second-degree murder for failing to seek medical care for the girl. Although that charge came with a 25-year sentence, he was given credit for time already served and was consequently released. There have been 11 people exonerated from death row statewide, including Jones.

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