South Korean man cleared of killing teenager after spending 20 years in jail for her murder
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Julia Hollingsworth, Yoonjung Seo and Jake Kwon, CNN
Published Dec 17, 2020 3:21:52 PM
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(CNN) A man who wrongfully spent 20 years in prison for killing a teenager has been cleared of her murder following a high-profile court case in South Korea that exposed police torture and investigation failures.
Yoon Seong-yeo now in his 50s was found not guilty Thursday following a retrial in the northwestern city of Suwon over the 1988 rape and murder of a 13-year-old in her bedroom in Hwaseong, then a rural, undeveloped area near the country s capital Seoul.
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