Ex-inmate turned millionaire dies in accident
DeWayne McKinney was killed in a scooter crash in Hawaii. McKinney made millions with an ATM business after being wrongfully convicted of a 1980 murder in Orange and spending nearly 20 years in jail. Prosecutor had sought the death penalty.
By Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
1:23 PM PDT, October 7, 2008
DeWayne McKinney, who spent nearly two decades in prison for an Orange County murder he insisted he did not commit and went on to start a multi-million dollar business in the Hawaiian islands, was killed this morning in a scooter accident in Honolulu, authorities said today.
McKinney made national news in 2000 after Orange County Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas obtained his release from prison, saying he'd been wrongly convicted of a 1980 robbery-murder at a Burger King in Orange.
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