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This is a summary of reporting published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on June 21, 2026. It was not written by Georgia Prisoners’ Speak. GPS tracks coverage of Georgia’s prison system so the record stays in one place. The full article is on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s own site.
Marquez Powell, an Atlanta man, was released after spending nearly 21 years in prison for crimes related to the killing of his best friend, after new DNA evidence proved his innocence, according to the Georgia Innocence Project. The Georgia Innocence Project worked with Fulton County’s Conviction Integrity Unit to secure his release. The exoneration comes nearly a year after Georgia enacted a new system to compensate the wrongfully convicted, which allows people who can prove their innocence to access funds for years lost behind bars. The article notes that some prosecutors have created units to review past convictions where exculpatory evidence is now available, as in Powell’s case.
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