LA Weekly: Maurice Hastings was no killer, and after 38 years in prison, he is rejoicing

Written By Danielle Leaf

No matter how long it took, a legal team at the Los Angeles Innocence Project were going to free Maurice Hastings. A small group of dedicated attorneys at the Los Angeles Innocence Project, and a quiet older Black man who lives in the South Bay, are rejoicing over the profound meaning of freedom after Maurice Hastings, 69, heard a judge say that he was factually innocent of a murder that kept him behind bars for 38 years.

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