Sterling Barber, a 17-year-old from rural Georgia, stabbed Gerald Douglas Wyatt to death in 1995 after claiming he was attacked during a sexual advance, sparking a legal battle over self-defense versus murder. Though initially sentenced to life plus 40 years, the Georgia Supreme Court ove
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