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Prosecutorial tunnel vision costs man his youth?

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

David L. Scott was freed from prison Monday based on DNA evidence, he had been incarcerated since he was a teenager, he is now nearly 40. Press accounts note: Scott, 39, had been serving a 50-year prison sentence for the 1984 murder of Loretta Keith, who was bludgeoned to death in her bed with a hydraulic jack. Authorities said that DNA testing not available in 1984 ? including analysis of blood found on a nylon stocking at Keith?s home ? cleared Scott. Prosecutors said the DNA test results showed that Kevin Mark Weeks, 44, of LaGrange, Ky., was the person who killed Keith. More after the jump

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 30, 2008 (boomark / email).