Investigation casts doubt on nearly 30-year-old murder conviction
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LaFaye Gaskins is serving a life sentence for the 1989 murder of Albert Dodson in Philadelphia.
He was convicted despite a lack of any physical evidence and that two eyewitnesses changed their stories and timelines.
Nearly 30 years later, he still proclaims his innocence. His story is detailed in a new Philadelphia Magazine investigative report by Dan Denvir, now a reporter for Salon.com. Denvir spoke with NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller.
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