MINNEAPOLIS – For nearly two decades, Myon Burrell had nothing but time.Locked up for life at 16 for a high-profile murder he swore he had nothing to do with, he was stuck in a tiny cell without even a window to watch the seasons change.
The years dragged on slowly, and he saw the bodies of once-robust men age and decay.Still, he couldn’t help wishing that the outside world would slow down.
In the Stillwater prison visiting room and in family photographs, his own son seemed to grow overnight from toddler to teen to man.Then, on Tuesday afternoon, everything changed.
In the wake of an investigation by The Associated Press and APM Reports that raised grave doubts about his conviction, the Minnesota Board of Pardons said Burrell could go.