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Dontae Sharpe Set Free

A man convicted in a 1994 Greenville murder was freed after 24 years in prison Thursday when evidence that he did not commit the crime convinced a judge to order a new trial.
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A man convicted in a 1994 Greenville murder was freed after 24 years in prison Thursday when evidence that he did not commit the crime convinced a judge to order a new trial.

Because of the recanted testimony of a key witness, along with autopsy evidence showing her original testimony could not be true, Judge Bryan Collins of Wake County ruled Dontae Sharpe, 44, should have a new trial in the shooting death of George Radcliffe, a crime Sharpe never admitted to.

Pitt County Assistant District Attorney Valerie Pearce said she would not pursue a new trial because of the age of the case and credibility of testimony…