Man In Prison For 27 Years Exonerated Of Murder

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A man who served 27 years in prison is now exonerated.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo commuted Felipe Rodriguez's sentence three years ago, but he still carried a murder charge on his record.

On Tuesday, a Queens County judge dismissed that 1990 conviction for the killing of Maureen McNeil Fernandez.

The Innocence Project says Rodriguez was convicted based largely on the testimony of a police informant who was a suspect in the murder.

An investigation uncovered evidence was withheld from Rodriguez's attorney that contradicted the case against him.

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