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FILE - In this June 22, 2017 photo, John Floyd stands in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building and Courthouse in New Orleans. The New Orleans district attorney made a decision Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, that he is ending efforts to prosecute Floyd, who was freed in 2017 after spending 36 years behind bars for a murder he insists he didn't commit. (AP Photo/Sophia Germer, File)

Free after 36 years, he won’t face prosecution in 1980 death

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FILE - In this June 22, 2017 photo, John Floyd stands in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building and Courthouse in New Orleans. Floyd was freed last year after spending 36 years locked up for a New Orleans murder he insisted he didn’t commit. A federal appeals court this month upheld a U.S. District judge’s decision to order a new trial for Floyd, who said a detective coerced him to confess to the 1980 slaying. (AP Photo/Sophia Germer, File)

Legal fight lingers for man freed in 1980 murder case

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Court to be asked to re-hear case of man freed in 1980 death

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The Latest: Man walks free after murder conviction tossed

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John Floyd smiles as he leaves the Hale Boggs Federal Building and Courthouse in New Orleans, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Floyd, who was imprisoned for 36 years, walked free Thursday after a federal judge threw out his murder conviction and life sentence for a newspaper editor's stabbing in the French Quarter of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Sophia Germer)

Man walks free after federal judge tosses murder conviction

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2 ex-prosecutors barred from court

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