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The state's Clemency Review Commission recommended Adrian Riley's sentence be altered as the victims' families plead to keep him in prison.
WATERTOWN, Minn. — On Wednesday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and the Chief Justice of Minnesota's Supreme Court, in their roles on Minnesota's Board of Pardons, will decide whether Adrian Riley will be released from prison after serving 31 years for a high-profile triple murder near Watertown, Minn.
The shootings 31 years ago at a Carver County farmhouse dominated the headlines for days. Three victims who were living there, Jimmy Walters, Troy Tholkes, and Treesa Woods were murdered execution-style.
Minneapolis police helped Carver County deputies deploy tear gas, arresting the suspect, 19-year-old Adrian Riley in a south Minneapolis home. They believe Riley was dealing drugs to the three v...
