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Retrial set for Arizona mother convicted of son's 1989 murder
Source: Reuters
Retrial set for Arizona mother convicted of son's 1989 murder
PHOENIX | Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:40pm EDT
(Reuters) - A judge on Monday set a 2015 retrial date for an Arizona woman released from death row earlier this month after an appeals court overturned her conviction for murdering her 4-year-old son in 1989.
Debra Milke, 49, was released on $250,000 bail on Sep. 6, after spending more than 22 years on death row in connection with the murder of her son, Christopher, who was taken to the desert shortly before Christmas in 1989 and shot in the head.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Milke's conviction in March, ruling prosecutors had denied her a fair trial by failing to disclose that a former Phoenix police detective, who testified that she had confessed to the crimes, had a history of lying under oath.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Rosa Mroz set the second trial for February 2 2015.
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PHOENIX | Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:40pm EDT
(Reuters) - A judge on Monday set a 2015 retrial date for an Arizona woman released from death row earlier this month after an appeals court overturned her conviction for murdering her 4-year-old son in 1989.
Debra Milke, 49, was released on $250,000 bail on Sep. 6, after spending more than 22 years on death row in connection with the murder of her son, Christopher, who was taken to the desert shortly before Christmas in 1989 and shot in the head.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Milke's conviction in March, ruling prosecutors had denied her a fair trial by failing to disclose that a former Phoenix police detective, who testified that she had confessed to the crimes, had a history of lying under oath.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Rosa Mroz set the second trial for February 2 2015.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/23/us-usa-killer-arizona-idUSBRE98M1CG20130923
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