He served 19 years for a fatal shooting he didn’t commit. A letter from the gunman changed everything

Emel McDowell was in jail at Rikers Island when a guard yelled out his name. A single envelope slid through the metal bars into his cell. He stared at the return address in disbelief. It was from the man he believed fired the fatal shot in a killing that had put McDowell behind bars in New York Ci...

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