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New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Apr 1, 2014, 07:24 PM Apr 2014

Malisha Blyden exonerated after 7 years in jail.

Woman exonerated after 7 years behind bars

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Malisha Blyden had never seen the person she was convicted of trying to kill.

Because of a misdialed phone number, she was convicted and sentenced to 40 years behind bars.

Now, Blyden has been exonerated, talk about justice long denied.

"If you're innocent don't give up, just keep fighting!" said Malisha Blyden, wrongfully convicted.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9488018