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In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, Darrell Fletcher sits in his carpet and decorating shop in downtown Beatrice, Neb., as the street is reflected off the display window. When six people went to prison for the 1985 rape and murder of a 68-year-old Nebraska woman, county officials figured they had put the gruesome high-profile case behind them. But after DNA evidence exonerated all six of the accused in 2008, the rural farming county just south of Lincoln found itself facing a new problem - a $28 million federal judgment that could force officials to file for bankruptcy. Fletcher said it could be devastating, "It's going to affect the whole town, businesses, farmers, you name it." (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, Darrell Fletcher sits in his carpet and decorating shop in downtown Beatrice, Neb., as the street is reflected off the display window. When six people went to prison for the 1985 rape and murder of a 68-year-old Nebraska woman, county officials figured they had put the gruesome high-profile case behind them. But after DNA evidence exonerated all six of the accused in 2008, the rural farming county just south of Lincoln found itself facing a new problem - a $28 million federal judgment that could force officials to file for bankruptcy. Fletcher said it could be devastating, "It's going to affect the whole town, businesses, farmers, you name it." (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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