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Innocence Project distances group from Avery on Web site (AP)

MADISON – The Wisconsin Innocence Project pulled a photo from its Web site on Friday of a man the group helped free from prison — one day after gruesome details emerged about the death of a woman he is accused of killing.

The group’s action to distance itself from one of its best-known cases came after prosecutors alleged in graphic detail that Steven Avery and his 16-year-old nephew raped and murdered 25-year-old Teresa Halbach on Halloween.