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Review two cases linked by a strong claim to innocence

Por: Orlando Sentinel Opinion January 29, 2023

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We have no reason to believe that Michelle Schofield and Joseph Lavair ever met, though they lived in adjacent counties. In early 1987, she was a 18-year-old newlywed working as a waitress at a diner near Lakeland, and he was 25, driving a cab in Kissimmee. But their fates are linked forever by shocking, random violence that left them dead on Central Florida roadsides just a few months apart. And through the person who has confessed to killing... + full article



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