Post by thinkinkmesa on Feb 8, 2012 21:33:56 GMT -5
Gov't Opposes New Trial in Ohio Fire That Killed 9
A mentally disabled former drug dealer convicted in the fire deaths of nine people, including eight children at a birthday sleepover, on Wednesday won a new trial from a judge who said jailhouse snitches and other witnesses were unreliable.
U.S. District Court Judge Solomon Oliver overturned the arson conviction of 28-year-old Antun Lewis and said the bulk of the evidence against him came from "suspect witnesses, career criminals and jailhouse informants."
More;
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ohio-judge-grants-trial-fire-killed-15538483#.TzMu68US048
A mentally disabled former drug dealer convicted in the fire deaths of nine people, including eight children at a birthday sleepover, on Wednesday won a new trial from a judge who said jailhouse snitches and other witnesses were unreliable.
U.S. District Court Judge Solomon Oliver overturned the arson conviction of 28-year-old Antun Lewis and said the bulk of the evidence against him came from "suspect witnesses, career criminals and jailhouse informants."
More;
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ohio-judge-grants-trial-fire-killed-15538483#.TzMu68US048