Richard Phillips
Today in History

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File - In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo, William McRaven addresses the Texas Board of Regents, in Austin, Texas. The retired U.S. Navy admiral and former chancellor of the University of Texas system delivered an online address to MIT's graduating class on Friday, May 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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This June 15, 2017, photo provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections shows Richard Palombo, a Michigan prisoner serving a life sentence, who died from COVID-19 complications on Sunday, April 19, 2020, the state Corrections Department said. Palombo had a key role in the 2017 release of another prisoner, Richard Phillips, who had spent 45 years in custody after Palombo told authorities that Phillips had no role in a 1971 homicide and was wrongly convicted. (Michigan Depart. Of Corrections via AP)
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