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FILE - This is a selection of photos of Steve Szarewicz on display in the New Kensington, Pa, home of his sister Suzy Patton, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

FILE - This is a selection of photos of Steve Szarewicz on display in the New Kensington, Pa, home of his sister Suzy Patton, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

FILE - The area along Little Bull Creek where Billy Merriwether's bullet-riddled body was found in February 1981, is seen on April 30, 2024, in Natrona Heights, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

FILE - The area along Little Bull Creek where Billy Merriwether's bullet-riddled body was found in February 1981, is seen on April 30, 2024, in Natrona Heights, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

FILE - This is a July 25, 2024, photo provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections of Steve Szarewicz, who insists he was wrongly convicted of a 1981 murder based on the testimony of four jailhouse informants. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP, File)

FILE - This is a July 25, 2024, photo provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections of Steve Szarewicz, who insists he was wrongly convicted of a 1981 murder based on the testimony of four jailhouse informants. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP, File)