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Betty Tyson dies at 75, spent 25 years in New York prison before murder conviction was overturned

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By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Associated Press

A Rochester, New York, woman who spent 25 years in prison for murder before being exonerated will be laid to rest Friday.  Betty Tyson died last week in a Rochester hospital following a heart attack. Her sister confirmed the death Wednesday and said Thomas was 75 years old and had recently marked a milestone, having spent as much time free after her incarceration as she had behind bars. Tyson was sent to prison in 1974 for the death of a Philadelphia business consultant.  A judge overturned her conviction in 1998, ruling that the police had withheld exculpatory evidence.  By then, she was the longest-serving female inmate in New York state.

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