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An Update on Gary Gauger

By Steve Hall

His case was featured in the play, "The Exonerated."  "Jury rules detectives did not frame Gauger," is Jillian Duchnowski's report in today's Northwest Herald in Illinois. Both sides in Gary Gauger?s civil trial agreed that he sat on death row while innocent of slashing his parents? throats, but jurors did not find that three sheriff?s detectives framed him. Eleven jurors found in favor of Undersheriff Gene Lowery and retired Detectives Beverly Hendle and Chris Pandre after deliberating about five hours Thursday. The verdict denied Gauger of the $20 million or more he was seeking for post-traumatic stress disorder and for the 3½ years he spent behind bars, including nine months on death row.Gauger, 57, sat staring straight ahead as Judge Maureen McIntyre read the jury?s verdict after a trial of almost two weeks...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).