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PA: Judge Says Prosecutor’s Misconduct “So Egregious” Retrial of Defendants Would Violate Double Jeopardy, Three Murder Convictions Dismissed

PA: Judge Says Prosecutor’s Misconduct “So Egregious” Retrial of Defendants Would Violate Double Jeopardy, Three Murder Convictions Dismissed

by Alec | Oct 10, 2014 | Pennsylvania, The Open File Blog

In a “stunning legal victory” reported yesterday by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Common Pleas Court Judge Benjamin Lerner ruled that the state is barred from retrying three men whose 2006 murder convictions were vacated due to prosecutorial misconduct.  Citing a rarely...

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