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Federal appeals court expected to rule soon on whether to overturn 44-year-old rape conviction

In 1976, there were angry protests in Concord, North Carolina following the conviction of Ronnie Wallace Long, a young Black man accused of raping a prominent White woman. Now, lawyers with the Duke Law Innocence Project -- who accuse investigators of lying about evidence -- are trying to right what they say is a wrongful conviction. Erin Moriarty has the story.
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