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Blaming an inadequate and incomplete investigation and unfair trial, Jane Dorotik pushed for a new examination of the evidence that helped convict her.

When describing Westside Boxing Club, founder Thomas Tijerina uses the sociological term “third place,” referring to places where people spend time between home ("first" place) and work ("second" place).

The former Valley Center woman maintained her innocence while in prison before her murder case was dropped last year under the weight of new evidence

An unusually long hearing into a two-decade old murder conviction is heading into its final phase

The letter, issued last week, raises more issues over the San Diego Regional Crime Lab work on cases years ago

Lawyers for the Valley Center woman say errors by criminalists could impact scores of cases as well as Dorotik's 2001 conviction of murdering her husband