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SAINT PAUL, Min. – Minnesota Board of Pardons voted to commute the sentence of Brian Pippitt, who spent over two decades in prison following a conviction of first-degree murder in 2001.

The Board voted to commute Pippitt’s sentence based on good behavior in prison and the length of time Pippitt served in prison compared to his codefendants.

In 2024 there was a recommendation from the Conviction Review Unit (CRU) of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office that Pippitt be exonerated based on, “the insurmountable reasonable doubt of Pippitt’s guilt.”

The recommendation was based on the CRU’s extensive, independent investigation of the conviction. The CRU issued a 118-page report documenting its investigation and the rationale for its recommendation .

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