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Loiuse Austin, left, is escorted to an exoneration hearing at Brooklyn Supreme Court, Tuesday May 6, 2014 in New York. Judge Neil Firetog threw out a decades-old conviction of three half-brothers Jennette, Robert Hill and Darryl Austin because of questionable tactics by the investigating homicide detective Louis Scarcella. Louise Austin stood in court for son Darryl who died in prison. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Loiuse Austin, second from right, and her sons Alvena Jennette, second from left, and Neter Kamani, far right, listens as Attorney Pierre Sussman speaks during an exoneration hearing at Brooklyn Supreme Court, Tuesday May 6, 2014 in New York. Judge Neil Firetog threw out a decades-old conviction of three half-brothers Jennette, Robert Hill and Darryl Austin because of questionable tactics by the investigating homicide detective Louis Scarcella. Louise Austin stood for son Darryl who died in prison. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Alvena Jennette, center left, arrives with his mother Loiuse Austin, center right, at Brooklyn Supreme Court, Tuesday May 6, 2014 in New York. Jennette and his half brothers Robert Hill and Darryl Austin were exonerated in a decades-old conviction investigated by homicide detective Louis Scarcella, whose tactics have come into question. They became the first people connected to the detective to be exonerated. Louise Austin stood in court for son Darryl who died in prison. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Attorney Pierre Sussman, far left, embraces his client Alvena Jennette, who stood with his mother Loiuse Austin, second from right, and her son Neter Kamani, far right, as Justice Neil Firetog declared him exonerated in Brooklyn Supreme Court, Tuesday May 6, 2014 in New York. Prosecutors in Brooklyn asked to throw out a decades-old convictions of three half-brothers who were investigated by homicide detective Louis Scarcella, whose tactics have come into question. The defendants, Jennette, Robert Hill and Darryl Austin became the first people connected to the detective to be exonerated. Louise Austin stood for son Darryl who died in prison. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Robert Hill, center, stands with his lawyers Harold Ferguson, left, and Sharon Katz, right, as Justice Neil Firetog declared him exonerated in Brooklyn Supreme Court, Tuesday May 6, 2014 in New York. Prosecutors in Brooklyn asked to throw out the decades-old convictions of three half-brothers who were investigated by homicide detective Louis Scarcella, whose tactics have come into question. The defendants, Hill, Alvena Jennette and Darryl Austin became the first people connected to the detective to be exonerated. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Robert Hill, center, smiles after arriving to Brooklyn Supreme Court, Tuesday May 6, 2014 in New York. Hill and his half brothers Alvena Jennette and Darryl Austin were exonerated in a decades-old conviction investigated by homicide detective Louis Scarcella, whose tactics have come into question. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Robert Hill, center, smiles as he is escorted into Brooklyn Supreme Court, Tuesday May 6, 2014 in New York. Hill and his half brothers Alvena Jennette and Darryl Austin were exonerated in a decades-old conviction investigated by homicide detective Louis Scarcella, whose tactics have come into question. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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This undated photo provided by the Illinois State Police shows Michelle Smith, of Jerseyville, Ill. Federal prosecutors are seeking competency testing for Smith, a western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up her school, citing the woman's history of threatening behavior. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Wilkerson in East St. Louis, Ill., is weighing the U.S. government's request argued in court Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Illinois State Police)
