Saturday, 7 March 2015

DNA evidence clears Nevada woman who spent 30 years in prison

DNA evidence clears Nevada woman who spent 30 years in prison


Prosecutors are dropping the case against a Nevada woman who spent more than 30 years in prison for a 1976 murder before a judge ordered a new trial based on recently discovered DNA evidence, the district attorney said on Friday. Washoe County district attorney Chris Hicks told reporters that there will be no retrial of Cathy Woods in the fatal stabbing of Michelle Mitchell on the edge of the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

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