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The judge agreed to consider a new trial after finding Foster Bates' last attorney waited too long to request a hearing for new evidence in the murder and rape of Tammy Dickson. But the judge didn't find the evidence strong enough to reopen the case.
The judge had agreed to consider a new trial after finding Foster Bates' last attorney waited too long to request a hearing for new evidence in the murder and rape of Tammy Dickson. But the judge didn't find the evidence strong enough to reopen the case.
Foster Bates was convicted in 2001 of killing Tammy Dickson, his neighbor and babysitter. But Bates has maintained his innocence in the slaying and hopes new witnesses and evidence will get him a new trial.