Minnesota man free after 1998 conviction for wife's murder vacated
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Thomas Rhodes of MN was released from prison Friday after his murder conviction for his wife's 1996 death was vacated, and was discharged on time served following a manslaughter plea.
The murder conviction hinged on the testimony of Dr. Michael McGee, who said Rhodes grabbed his wife by the neck, threw her overboard and ran her over several times, the Attorney General's Office said in a statement Friday. Rhodes told investigators his wife fell out of the boat and disappeared while he frantically searched for her in the dark.
The Conviction Review Unit in the Attorney General's Office examined the case. As part of that investigation, a forensic pathologist found that Jane Rhodes' death was not inconsistent with an accidental fall, the office said.
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