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Arkansas court reverses murder conviction of Texarkana man, orders 4th trial The unanimous ruling on Thursday, Dec. 17 also overturned the life sentence of the defendant, Marvin Arrell Stanton. Marvin Stanton Published: 1:34 PM CST December 18, 2020 Updated: 1:39 PM CST December 18, 2020 LITTLE ROCK, Ark — The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed a murder conviction of a Texarkana man after finding that jurors were improperly exposed to political campaigning by the case’s lead prosecutor.  The unanimous ruling on Thursday, Dec. 17 also overturned the life ...

Arkansas court overturns murder conviction, orders 4th trial December 18, 2020 GMT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a Texarkana man’s murder conviction after finding jurors were improperly exposed to political campaigning by the lead prosecutor. The unanimous ruling on Thursday overturned Marvin Arrell Stanton’s conviction and sentence. Stanton was sentenced to life plus 15 years at the end of his third trial for fatally shooting a 22-year-old after a fight over a parking spot in 2015. His first conviction was tossed out by an appellate court because of test...