ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - A man who was convicted in a 1998 murder in Aitkin County has had his sentence commuted Wednesday.

Brian Pippitt's sentence commuted

What we know:

The Minnesota Board of Pardons voted to commute the sentence of Brian Pippit after he was convicted of first-degree murder in 2001, according to the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.

The sentence commutation comes after a 2024 recommendation from the Conviction Review Unit (CRU), which said that Pippitt should be exonerated based on the "insurmountable reasonable doubt of Pippitt's guilt."

According to the Attorney General's Office, the vote to commute Pippitt's sentence was also based on good behavior in prison and the length of time Pippitt served compared to his codefendants.

Pippitt has spent over 20 ye

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