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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks at the LULAC Presidential Town Hall in Las Vegas. On Thursday, March 5, 2020, Klobuchar called for an independent probe of the murder case she prosecuted that sent a teenage Myon Burrell to prison for life. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Klobuchar calls for independent review of black man's case
March 6, 2020 10:09 a.m.

Klobuchar calls for independent review of black man's case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar asked a top Minnesota prosecutor to initiate an independent investigation into the case of Myon Burrell, a black man who as a teenager was sentenced to life in prison after the stray-bullet killing of an 11-year-old black girl.