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Headlines for Monday, July 26, 2021
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74-year-old man required to register as a sex offender was wrongly convicted in 1982, Dallas judge finds
Prosecutors withheld evidence that pointed to another suspect in the sexual assaults of two children, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
Mallory Vernon Nicholson, 74, has maintained he was wrongfully convicted of burglary and aggravated sexual abuse of a child in 1982. A Dallas judge agreed in May 2021 that his conviction should be overturned.(Courtesy: The Innocence Project)
12:07 PM on May 27, 2021 CDT
Nearly 40 years after Mallory Vernon Nicholson’s trial, a Dallas County district court judge has agreed with prosecutors and defense lawyers that his convictions for burglary and aggravated sexual abuse of a child should be overturned.
Ben Spencer free after 34 years of declaring innocence in fatal robbery. Dallas prosecutors could try him again
Spencer was sentenced to life in prison after Jeffrey Young was beaten to death in 1987.
Ben Spencer hugs his mother, Lucille Spencer, after he was released from the Dallas County jail in Dallas on Friday, March 12, 2021. He was convicted in the 1987 deadly robbery of Jeffrey Young but has always maintained his innocence. A judge released him on bond Friday after finding he was convicted with false testimony. A higher court must review his case.(Lola Gomez)
It’s been 34 years since Ben Spencer went home to his wife Debra.