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Man convicted in 1979 slaying of Brooklyn rabbi is ‘actually innocent,’ judge rules

JL;DR SUMMARY In a significant legal development, Carl Miller was exonerated after serving 30 years for the 1979 murder of Rabbi David Okunov in Brooklyn, a crime he did not commit. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationNew York CitySoviet UnionChabad LubavitchRabbi Menachem Mendel SchneersonCrown HeightsExonerationCarl MillerRabbi David OkunovFriends Of Refugees In Eastern Europe

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Carl Miller served 30 years in prison after being convicted in 1980 of murdering Rabbi David Okunov in Brooklyn."
New York City, New York, United States
"The ruling means that Okunov's murder, which shocked New York at the time, is unlikely ever to be solved."
Russian Federation
"The rabbi, who had moved to the United States from the Soviet Union three years earlier, was killed while walking to morning prayer services in Crown Heights."
Crown Heights, New York, United States
"Miller is actually innocent of the crime. The ruling means that Okunovs murder, which shocked New York at the time, is unlikely ever to be solved. The rabbi, who had moved to the United States from the Soviet Union three years earlier, was killed while walking to morning prayer services in Crown Heights."

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