Man serving 300 years for 5 murders again denied post-conviction relief
CROWN POINT â A judge denied a petition for post-conviction relief Monday for a man serving a 300-year prison sentence for the murders of five people in Gary in 2000 he now says he didn't commit. New evidence introduced during several hearings last year for Cleveland C. Bynum, 42, was not credible and likely could not be reproduced if a new trial were to be granted, Lake Criminal Court Judge Natalie Bokota wrote. Bynum confessed in February 2000 to three of the five homicides and gave a conflicting statement about the remaining two homicides, according to court records. He was convicted ...
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