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Men wrongly accused of yogurt shop murders reach $35 million settlement with city
The city of Austin will pay $35 million to three men and the family of a fourth who were wrongly accused of the rape and murder of four teenage girls at a yogurt shop in 1991, a case that initially sent one of the men to death row and another to life i...
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According to ABC News’s source item, Men wrongly accused of yogurt shop murders reach $35 million settlement with city, The city of Austin will pay $35 million to three men and the family of a fourth who were wrongly accused of the rape and murder of four teenage girls at a yogurt shop in 1991, a case that initially sent one of the men to death row and another to life i…
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