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Judge Monte Watkins signed the order to vacate Claude Garrett’s 1992 murder conviction, one month after arson experts said it's unlikely Garrett sparked the fire which killed Lorie Lee Lance.
A jury convicted Claude Garrett of killing his girlfriend when their home caught fire in 1992 and now a judge will decide if there was ever enough evidence to suggest Garrett intentionally set the fire.