Monday, January 31, 2005

Man found not guilty after 18 years on US death row

INCOMPETENCE: A US federal court ruled that defense lawyers did a bad job -- but prosecutors still have 90 days to decide whether to retry the murder case.

It said Richey's lawyers hired an unqualified forensic expert to investigate the fire and did not adequately challenge the state investigator's handling of the inquiry.

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