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Man's Murder Conviction Vacated After Over 20 Years Following Westchester DA Investigation Man's Murder Conviction Vacated After Over 20 Years Following Westchester DA Investigation
Man's Murder Conviction Vacated After Over 20 Years Following Westchester DA Investigation After serving nearly two decades in prison, a 54-year-old man's murder conviction has been vacated by a judge thanks to an investigation conducted by the Westchester County District Attorney's Office.  In an announcement on Thursday, Sept. 26, Westchester District Attorney Miriam Rocah said that a Bronx judge vacated the 1999 murder conviction of Antonio Mallet, who had been accused of fatally shooting a man in the parking lot of a Bronx supermarket in September 1996.  Rocah said that the decision to vacate the conviction followed an "exhaustive" investigation conducted by her off…

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