SAN DIEGO
The murder case against a Riverside County woman once convicted of killing her live-in boyfriend has been dismissed, ending a long-running legal battle during which she received support from the San Diego-based California Innocence Project.
Kimberly Long, 45, spent seven years in prison after the second jury to hear her case convicted her of murder in 2005. The first jury deadlocked in favor of acquittal.
She has always maintained she was innocent.
In late November, the state Supreme Court threw out Long’s murder conviction, ruling that her defense lawyer made a critical mistake at trial. Then late last week, the Riverside County district attorney’s office announced the charges against her had been dismissed.
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