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Prosecutor may drop charges in Paul House case

Prosecutor may drop charges in Paul House casePosted: July 10, 2008 3:25 pmA Tennessee prosecutor told the Associated Press yesterday that further DNA testing could persuade his office to drop charges against Paul House, who spent more than two decades on Tennessee?s death row before he was released on bond last week ? for a murder he has always said he didn?t commit. District Attorney William Paul Phillips said he will seek DNA testing of a hair found in the victim?s hand.If it's not his (House's) and not hers and (belongs to) some third party, then we would have to evaluate that along with all the other evidence, and we would determine if that raised a reasonable doubt," Phillips told the AP. "If at any time that (hair) or any other evidence raised a reasonable doubt, then we would not prosecute...continue to full post

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