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TIL in 2010 rapper G. Dep turned himself into police and confessed to a 17 year old cold case murder, even though he was never suspected. He was “just trying to get things right between himself and God.” He was convicted on a second-degree murder charge and sentenced to 15-years to life in prison.

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