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North Carolina's Eighth Exoneration from Death Row

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Mandy Locke reports, "Man whose murder conviction was overturned going free," in the Raleigh News & Observer.Levon ?Bo? Jones of Duplin County spent 13 years on death row, convicted of robbing and shooting a well-liked bootlegger. In 2006, a federal judge ordered Jones off death row and overturned his conviction, declaring his lawyer?s performance so poor that his constitutional rights had been violated. Friday, Jones will become the eighth North Carolina man spared a lethal injection after being cleared of the charges against them. Judges turned the inmates loose after discovering a variety of problems in their cases, ranging from hidden evidence to inadequate defense attorneys. The latest release comes as the legal system is re-examining the use of capital punishment in North Carolina...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).

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