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June 10, 2016

"Don't Give Up": A Message from Michigan Man Freed After 8 Years for Murders He Did Not Commit
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A Michigan man has been freed from prison after serving more than eight
years behind for bars for murders he did not commit. Two weeks after
Davontae Sanford was sentenced to 90 years in jail, a professional hit
man, Vincent Smothers, confessed to the killings. But Sanford remained
in jail until now. After his release, he shared a brief message to
others wrongly incarcerated.

Davontae Sanford: "Keep fighting. Don't-like, don't give up. You know,
like, you've got to stay strong, mentally, spiritually, emotionally. And
if you know you're in prison for something that you didn't do, just
don't roll over. Like, don't-like, don't roll over. Don't give in. Don't
let them break you."



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