Arizona AG to Appeal Overturning of Woman's Murder Conviction
Arizona will appeal a judge's decision to overturn the murder conviction and death sentence of Debra Milke, the state's attorney general announced Friday.
A jury convicted Milke of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, child abuse and kidnapping on October 12, 1990, less than a year after her 4-year-old son was found dead. She was sentenced to death a few months later.
But on Thursday, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned her conviction after determining she did not receive a fair trial.
(Hat tip to Popehat)
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If the prosecutor loses the appeal he should get the needle. It is only fair.
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Agreed. If she's innocent then he's guilty of attempted murder. And if that doesn't merit a nice prison tattoo nothing does.