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"Paul House will remain in jail until retrial; Prosecution won't seek death penalty"

"Paul House will remain in jail until retrial; Prosecution won't seek death penalty": The Tennessean today contains an article that begins, "After 22 years on death row, after all the appeals, after a U.S. Supreme Court decision questioning the evidence and testimony against him, Paul House will remain in jail. A federal judge had considered releasing him from prison Wednesday after House had won some victories in federal court, but now that state prosecutors plan to retry House, U.S. District Judge Harry S. Mattice Jr. has decided he should stay in jail, saying the case is now under state jurisdiction."

And The Knoxville News Sentinel reports today that "House to be retried in Oct.; After state loses appeal, judge sets ruling in motion."

Full post as published by How Appealing on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).