Two Connecticut murder and robbery convicts who served 16 years were freed when a habeas corpus trial declared them “actually innocent” because the main prosecution eyewitness admitted her prior testimony was a lie. But now the state Supreme Court wants to put the men back in jail pending a new trial because their innocence is not yet specifically proven. Critics charge that it is fundamentally unfair not to release defendants who have negated all evidence of their guilt.
Innocence not yet specifically proven
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