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In 1995, Daniel Taylor was sentenced to life in prison without parole. He confessed to participating in a double homicide along with seven other young black men. After he confessed, Daniel Taylor realized that he was in police custody at the time of the murders. Police records supported his alibi.

This episode continues where Episode 208 leaves off.

In 2001, Daniel Taylor wrote a letter from prison to a reporter at the Chicago Tribune named Steve Mills. Steve Mills spent months investigating before publishing a detailed examination of Daniel’s case as part of a series called “Cops and Confessions.” Daniel told us, “To have someone finally say that they believed me changed my whole life.”

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