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Author Alice Sebold apologizes to man cleared in 1981 rape

FILE - Anthony Broadwater, 61, center, appears after a judge overturned his conviction that wrongfully put him in state prison for the rape of author Alice Sebold, Nov. 22, 2021, in Syracuse, N.Y. Sebold apologized to Broadwater on Tuesday and said she was struggling with the role she unwittingly played "within a system that sent an innocent man to jail." Her 1981 rape was the basis for her memoir "Lucky." (Katrina Tulloch/The Post-Standard via AP, File) FILE - Author Alice Sebold speaks at the Sunday Book and Author Breakfast at BookExpo America in New York on June 3, 2007. Sebold apologized Tuesday to Anthony Broadwater, 61, the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir "Lucky." She said she was struggling with the role she unwittingly played "within a system that sent an innocent man to jail." (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
Author Alice Sebold apologizes to man cleared in 1981 rape