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Bank wouldn't deposit wrongfully convicted man's check from the state for 23 years in prison

CHICAGO - An attorney representing a man who spent 23 years locked up for a murder he didn't commit says her client was turned away twice by Chase Bank when he tried to deposit a check from the state of Illinois to compensate him for his time imprisoned.

Chase, meanwhile, said it made a mistake in turning him away

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