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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - An inmate in prison for killing his landlady drew an extra 15 years Thursday for another slaying that was wrongfully pinned on a mentally disabled man.
"I'm aware that I will spend the rest of my life in prison," said Eldred Johnson Jr., who was already serving 25 years to life. "Before I go, I just want to apologize. ... Because of my action, I put this court in a position to create an injustice."
Douglas Warney, 45, who has an IQ of 68, spent more than a decade behind bars after confessing to the stabbing death of community activist William Beason in 1996. He was released last year after DNA tests, which prosecutors initially tried to block, tied Johnson to the killing.
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