BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A 46-year-old man has been sentenced for fatally shooting a Buffalo teenager in 1991 in a case that sent the wrong man to prison for nearly 30 years.
Lamarr Scott was sentenced Tuesday in Erie County Court to 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison for killing 17-year-old Torriano Jackson and wounding his brother.
The brothers were hit by gunfire in August 1991 near a Buffalo restaurant. Even though Scott confessed to committing the crime, Valentino Dixon was convicted and sent to prison.
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Dixon’s conviction on murder and attempted murder charges was vacated in September and he was released from prison after serving 27 years. While incarcerated, Dixon became a prison artist known for drawings of lush golf courses despite never having played the sport.
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