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Afrim Tairi

Was Teaneck Man's Accused Killer Framed? Was Teaneck Man's Accused Killer Framed?
Was Teaneck Man's Accused Killer Framed? 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…