Wrongfully convicted man walks free after more than 2 decades as podcast shed light on his murder case
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A Georgia man wrongfully convicted of murder in 2001 has been exonerated after spending more than two decades in prison, and a podcast is being credited with helping his case.
Watkins was initially accused of fatally shooting Isaac Dawkins, 21, while he was driving on a highway in Rome, Georgia, on Jan. 11, 2000, one year after the incident occurred. Watkins has been spending time at home with his family and working at his family's used car business, according to a GoFundMe page. (Georgia Innocence Project) Georgia is one of 12 states that does not offer financial compensation to the wrongly convicted, according to a GoFundMe page for Watkins. (Georgia Innocence Project) Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
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