Man Who Spent 17 Years Behind Bars Has Murder Conviction Overturned Because His Lawyer Didn't Contact at Least Five Possible Defense Witnesses
Man Who Spent 17 Years Behind Bars Has Murder Conviction Overturned Because His Lawyer Didn’t Contact at Least Five Possible Defense Witnesses Adam Klasfeld Nearing two decades behind bars for a murder that he claims he did not commit, James Davis told an appeals court that he gave his attorney the names of six people who attended the party where the shooting occurred and would support his alibi. Davis said that he knows his then-lawyer Joel Medows did not contact five of them—and was not sure he attempted to reach the sixth, either. On Thursday, a New York appellate cou...
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