Georgia father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car, leading to murder case
- Justin Ross Harris, whose murder conviction for his son's hot-car death was overturned by Georgia's Supreme Court in 2022, has been released from prison, as per records.
- Harris was initially convicted in 2016 for his son's murder, with prosecutors alleging he did so to escape family responsibilities.
- Georgia Supreme Court overturned the life sentence in 2022, citing prejudicial impact of evidence on the jury regarding Harris' extramarital relationships.
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Georgia father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car, booked into county jail
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A father from Georgia has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder. Justin Ross Harris was freed on Sunday — Father's Day — from the Macon State Prison, Georgia Department of Corrections records show. He began serving his sentence on Dec. 6, 2016. After he was released from the prison system, he was booked into Cobb Count…
A father who had been accused of murdering his 22-month-old boy was said to have been released on Father's Day.
Georgia father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car, leading to murder case
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia prison records show that a father has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder. Georgia Department of Corrections records show that Justin Ross Harris was freed on Sunday from Macon State Prison. Harris told police he forgot to drop off 22-month-old Cooper at day care in June 2014. Harris was found guilty in November…

Georgia father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car, booked into county jail
Jail and prison records show that a father has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after
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