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New Evidence Could Free North Jersey Man's Accused Killer From Lifetime In Prison New Evidence Could Free North Jersey Man's Accused Killer From Lifetime In Prison
New Evidence Could Free North Jersey Man's Accused Killer From Lifetime In Prison New evidence suggesting that the suspected killer of a Teaneck man was framed could set him free from a lifetime in prison -- that is, if the judge will even consider the testimony. In 2006, Afrim Tairi and two others were convicted of the fatal beating of Howard Lewis, co-owner of Paterson's Sealy Mattress Co. Four years later, Tairi was sentenced to life in prison. Tairi's co-defendants recently told a "jailhouse lawyer" that he never actually killed Lewis -- he was framed, NJ.com reports. Tairi's lawyers are fighting to toss the conviction and get him a new trial. Secondhand c…

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