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NC high profile acquittal

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Our friends in NC note: After spending nearly seven years behind bars, Cumberland County?s Joshua Ballard has been found not guilty of a 2001 double homicide. At his first trial in 2004, Ballard was found guilty and faced the death penalty. His conviction was overturned when the Court of Appeals ruled that Ballard was denied a fair trial because his attorney also represented a key witness in the case. The State did not seek the death penalty at Ballard?s second trial. Now that Ballard has been acquitted, he plans to spend time with family, join a church, and go back to school.

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).