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Tim Masters is Set Free After 1999 Murder Conviction is Thrown Out

By Altman & Altman

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Tim Masters, who was convicted in the 1999 of murdering Peggy Hettrick, was set free today. Masters had been serving a lifelong prison term for her in 1987 that happened when he was just 15-years-old. Her mutilated body was found in a field near Fort Collins, Colorado close to Masters?s trailer. Fort Collins police worked on the case for over 10 years before arresting Masters. He has served more than nine years of his sentence. Masters has always maintained that he was innocent. It wasn?t until the last few months that special prosecutors and defense attorneys brought to light the fact that key information had been withheld from Masters? attorneys during his 1999 trial. Evidence reportedly withheld by police and prosecutors included a plastic surgeon who had said that a teenager could not have made the meticulous cuts that were done to remove Hettrick?s body parts and an FBI profiler?s warning to police that just because Masters liked to draw horror scenes did not mean he murdered Hettrick...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on January 22, 2008 (boomark / email).