In this Feb. 13, 2020, photo, Myon Burrell's inmate number is labeled on his cell's bars at Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater, Minn. For much of the past 17 years, Burrell has been trying to understand how it all happened. He walked into a police interrogation room, not knowing why he was there. By the time he left, the state of Minnesota had turned him into a number - inmate 211839. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
March 3, 2020
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Imprisoned for life as a teen, Myon Burrell finds his voice
BAYPORT, Minn. (AP) — During his free time, Myon Burrell sits at a desk in his small, tidy prison cell. He sifts through police records, court transcripts and witness statements, taking breaks and pacing the floor while trying to digest the inconsistencies that landed him here 17 years ago.