Death Sentence Vacated in Pennsylvania
Ardmore, PA defense attorney Peter Goldberger (a frequent commenter on TalkLeft) has been working for ten years to overturn a death sentence in Pennyslvania through DNA testing. Finally, success! A Judge has ordered the death sentence to be vacated. A final order officially vacating the sentence should be forthcoming.
A man who has been on death row since 1983 for rape and murder was formally granted the right to a new trial, one week after DNA tests on key evidence showed no link to him.
Prosecutors would not say whether Nicholas James Yarris, 42, should be completely free from charges, but acknowledged they might not have enough evidence for a new trial.
If exonerated, Yarris will be the first person on Pennsylvania's death row to be cleared by DNA testing.
Congratulations, Peter--and Mr. Yarris.
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