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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.
A Nashville man imprisoned for the last three decades for setting a fire to his house and killing his girlfriend could have his conviction vacated.
The case is the latest example of the power held by Nashville's conviction review unit.
Nearly 30 years later and we’ve learned that convicted murderer Claude Garrett could soon have his murder charge vacated.