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NightSide - Fred Weichel is a Free Man

BOSTON (CBS) - Fred Weichel served 36 years in prison for a murder he has consistently maintained that he did not commit. Earlier this year, Weichel's motion for a new trial was granted after a memo from the Braintree Police Department was uncovered that suggested another man may have been the killer. Fred Weichel and two of his long-time supporters talk with Dan about his lifelong fight for justice and how it feels to be exonerated.

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