Friday Roundup: Revisiting Old Cases and Rebuilding Lives
08.19.11
Two decades after nine people were killed at an Arizona Buddhist temple,
controversy still surrounds the investigation and convictions in the case
.
Four years after being exonerated from Tennessee’s death row,
Innocence Project client Paul House is thriving at home
.
A Missouri court has
thrown out a prisoner’s murder conviction
14 years into his sentence due to false and misleading testimony in his trial and the incompetence of his trial attorney.
The state of Texas
has scheduled a fourth execution date for Hank Skinner
, which could be too late for him to request DNA testing under a new state law. The California State Legislature
is considering a bil
l that could revisit life prison terms handed down to juveniles after they have served 15 years.
After six years behind bars, a Minnesota man convicted of murder
was released on bail
after being granted a new trial.
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