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ESPN profiles Nevest Coleman, White Sox groundskeeper imprisoned 23 years despite innocence

Nevest Coleman, the White Sox grounds crew member rehired this season after DNA testing eventually cleared him of heinous crimes for which he served 23 years in prison, gets the “E:60” treatment Sunday morning from ESPN'S Lisa Salters.

Coleman's story should be familiar to Chicago Tribune readers.

Now 49, Coleman spent nearly half his life behind bars, convicted after he and co-defendant Darryl Fulton gave confessions in the 1994 rape and murder of 20-year-old Antwinica Bridgeman.

The two immediately recanted their confessions and have said they were coerced.

In “Grounds for Return,” set for 8 a.