For two and a half decades, Brian Pippitt has maintained his innocence, and on Wednesday his sentence was commuted.

"I would like to make it perfectly clear that I am innocent," said Pippitt.

"One hour ago, Mr. had a life sentence Pippitt. Mr. Pippitt is now moments away from a commutation that will have him home by the New Year," said Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday.

Minnesota's Board of Pardon's commuted Pippitt's life sentence for the 1998 murder of 84-year-old Evelyn Malin. Malin was murdered at her Aitkin County home.

Pippitt's attorneys say there were concerns about the case from the start.

"There was no forensic evidence. There was no physical evidence," said Jim Cousins, attorney for Centurion Ministries Organization. "Both of those witnesses have now recanted under oath."

"The fa

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