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Governor pardons NC man whose murder conviction was overturned

"Mr. Sharpe and others who have been wrongly convicted deserve to have that injustice fully and publicly acknowledged," Cooper said in a statement.

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man who spent 24 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned was granted a pardon on Friday.

Gov. Roy Cooper issued the pardon of innocence for Montoyae Dontae Sharpe after weeks of protests demanding that he do so.

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"Mr. Sharpe and others who have been wrongly convicted deserve to have that injustice fully and publicly acknowledged," Cooper said in a statement.

Sharpe was convicted of murder in the February 1994 shooting death of George Radcliffe in Greenville in what police called a drug deal gone awry. He was sentenced in 1995 to life in prison.

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