Arizona man freed after nearly three decades on death row
Barry Jones pleads guilty to lesser charge in deal to overturn his conviction for murder of four-year-old girl in 1994
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Barry Jones pleads guilty to lesser charge in deal to overturn his conviction for murder of four-year-old girl in 1994
An Arizona man who spent 29 years on death row for the murder of a little girl he said he didn't commit was freed on Thursday after the state admitted that he was never given a fair trial.
For Star subscribers: Barry Lee Jones was convicted in 1995 in the murder of 4-year-old Rachel Yvonne Gray. A federal court tossed the conviction in 2019, and Jones was freed
PHOENIX – The man convicted of the 1994 murder of a Tucson girl and at one time sentenced to death was released from prison Thursday.
Barry Jones was sentenced to death in Arizona in 1995. Now, he's free after evidence proved he was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder.