Arkansas woman to be freed after over 22 years in prison
Source: Associated Press
Updated 4:14 pm CDT, Thursday, June 27, 2019
Photo: AP
This photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows Belynda Goff. A judge ruled Wednesday, June 26, 2019, that Goff, who was convicted of killing her husband must be released after serving nearly 23 years in prison. Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson said Wednesday that if Goff were to be tried today, she would be acquitted due to a lack of witness testimony and DNA evidence tying her to the 1994 bludgeoning death of Stephen Goff. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman who was convicted of bludgeoning her husband to death must be released after serving nearly 23 years in prison due to a lack of evidence, a judge ruled.
Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson said Wednesday that if Belynda Goff were to be tried today in the 1994 killing of Stephen Goff, she would be acquitted, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.
"This court has considered the DNA test results with all other evidence in the case, including the joint stipulations of the parties," Jackson wrote in his ruling.
"No trace of blood was found on hammers recovered from an appliance box in the Goff apartment," Jackson continued. "At trial, neither the state nor any of its witnesses positively identified any admitted evidence or other item as the murder weapon."
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