Minnesota man freed after 27 years in prison for murder he did not commit

Bryan Hooper’s first-degree murder conviction vacated after woman confessed to 1998 killing of Ann Prazniak

A Minnesota man wrongly convicted of murder who spent nearly three decades in prison after being falsely implicated by a woman who has since confessed to the crime has been released.

State district court judge Marta Chou had vacated Bryan Hooper Sr’s first-degree murder conviction the day before. He was released on Thursday morning from Stillwater correctional facility, a Great North Innocence Project spokesperson said.