From left, Derrick Chappell, Morton Johnson and Sam Grasty have spent more than two decades in prison for the 1997 killing of Henrietta Nickens.
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From left, Derrick Chappell, Morton Johnson and Sam Grasty have spent more than two decades in prison for the 1997 killing of Henrietta Nickens.
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Judge overturns murder convictions of ‘Chester Trio’ after more than two decades in prison

Citing new DNA evidence, a Pennsylvania judge on Thursday overturned the murder convictions of three men known as the “Chester Trio” who have been imprisoned for nearly 25 years for a crime they say they did not commit.