Update: Eric On His Way Home
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American Eric Volz was freed by a judge on Friday despite an uproar in Nicaragua after an appeals court overturned his conviction and 30-year-sentence in the slaying of his Nicaraguan girlfriend.

The 28-year-old from Nashville, Tenn., accompanied by his mother, planned to immediately catch a flight to Atlanta. U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper's office confirmed that Volz's plane left Nicaragua this afternoon.

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