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Imagine spending 25 years in jail for a crime you did not commit. Just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. This is the story of 49-year-old Simon Lokwacharia who was on Sunday released after a successful appeal that substituted his death sentence with a life sentence of 35 years with a remission of 11 years. Citizen tv crew caught up with Lokwacharia as he left Rumuruti GK Prison ready to start his life all over again after his arrest in 1998.
Man released after spending 25 years in prison
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