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Stokes said his only child, a daughter who was 2 when he went to prison, died about 20 years ago. He was not allowed to attend her funeral.

University of pennsylvaniaUnited statesMichael diamondsteinWillie stokesLarry krasnerFranklin leeMarissa boyers bluestineMatthew stieglerAssociated pressPennsylvania innocenceDistrict attorney larry krasnerA philadelphia man freed after 37 years in prison ina case tainted by perjured testimony accused the city of outrageous police misconduct lawsuit filed thursdayHe same day his 1984 murder case was dismissed willie stokes left prison earlier this monthFtera federal judge found prosecutors never disclosed that they had charged his chief accuser with perjury after the trial witness has said he was offered sex and drugs at police headquarters to frame stokes in an unsolved 1980 dice game slayingim not bitterim just excited move forwardOld the associated press after brief morning court hearingHen prosecutors announced they would not seek to retry the case more than 100 people have been exonerated in recent years pennsylvania