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IL Freed Man From Prison, But State Won't Clear His Record

He's still punished by a record of murder convictions that prosecutors couldn't prove

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If he thought true freedom came with his release after 24 years, he was wrong.

CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports on a man who is out of prison but shackled by a record that may not  be cleared, after all.

In May 2012, James Kluppelberg stood under the sun for the first time a free man in more than two decades. Ten months later, he's unemployed with little hope.