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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The email edition is now available. From the introduction: Another edition, another exoneration. With only minor cases noted during this edition’s coverage period (April 21 -28) the important news is on the exoneration front. DPIC notes The state of North Carolina dropped all charges against Levon Jones, and he was freed today (May 2) after spending 13 years on death row. U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle overturned Jones’s conviction two years ago, but he was held in prison awaiting a possible retrial until prosecutors announced that they were dismissing all charges. Judge Boyle criticized Jones’s defense attorneys for “constitutionally deficient” performance, noting their failure to research the history and credibility of Lovely Lorden, the prosecution’s star witness...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).