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Sebold wrote in 1999's “Lucky” of being raped and then spotting a Black man in the street several months later who she believed was her attacker. He was convicted based largely on Sebold identifying him as her rapist on the witness stand Sebold, who has not previously commented on Broadwater's exoneration, said in her statement, “I am grateful that Mr. Broadwater has finally been vindicated, but the fact remains that 40 years ago, he became another young Black man brutalized by our flawed legal system. I will forever be sorry for what was done to him."