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2nd conviction overturned - Michael Mordenti

2nd conviction overturned An appeals court finds statements were improperly excluded. http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/23/Hillsborough/2nd_conviction_overtu.shtml By Colleen Jenkins, Times Staff WriterPublished February 23, 2008TAMPA - Before he committed suicide, Larry Royston told his attorney that prosecutors had charged the wrong man with killing Royston's wife in a 1989 murder-for-hire plot. But three separate juries never heard his claim. Twice, St. Petersburg used car dealer Michael Mordenti was convicted of taking $17,000 from Royston to carry out the hit. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the first conviction, saving Mordenti from death row. A second trial ended with a hung jury, and a third trial brought a life prison sentence with the possibility of parole after 25 years...continue to full post

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