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Troy Burner (in black shirt) welcomed by his mother Jancie and his cousin Reginald Norwood after his release from prison in 2018. Photo courtesy Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project. On April 8, at a virtual hearing by the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety in the District of Columbia, Troy Burner, a 49-year-old D.C. native, testified in favor of two bills that would expand the number of eligible offenses for record sealing.
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