"Brian Beals' case is one of the most egregious wrongful convictions I have ever seen," Laura Nirider, one of Beal's attorneys, said in a statement.
Brian, a 22-year-old student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, was home in Chicago during Thanksgiving break. He was approached by a drug dealer and they argued, according to news accounts at the time. Attorneys say Beals got in his car and drove off.
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