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| | CNN - UK men imprisoned on forged confession free after 18 years - Feb. 21, 1997 |
 | | The men, who became known as the "Bridgewater Four," were convicted largely on the strength of a confession that the court now agrees was forged. |
 | | Carl Bridgewater, 13, a paperboy, was shot in the head on September 19, 1978 when he happened onto a burglary in progress. |
 | | Hickey and Robinson were convicted in the second burglary, and all four were convicted of the Bridgewater murder based on Molloy's confession. |
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