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Ohio police captain exonerated of ex-wife’s murder

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Court of Common Pleas Judge Judy Hunter on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, ordered former Akron, Ohio police Capt. Douglas Prade, 66, be set free based on new DNA test results that prove his innocence. Prade spent nearly 15 years in prison for his ex-wife's murder. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Lew Stamp, File)

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A former Ohio police captain who has spent nearly 15 years in prison in his ex-wife's killing was exonerated Tuesday by a judge who said that new DNA tests proved his innocence and that no reasonable jury that saw the test results would have convicted him.