Charges dropped; WORLD TODAY: DEATH ROW.TWO US men who spent nearly 15 years on death row for the 1993 killing of a teenage girl during a drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City were released from prison after prosecutors dropped the murder case against them. Fancy L Douglas, 35, and Paris L. Powell, 36, walked free after prosecutors decided they could not successfully retry re·try tr.v. re·tried , re·try·ing, re·tries To try again. Verb 1. retry - hear or try a court case anew rehear the men for murder because of conflicting stories from the key witness. A federal judge dismissed the men's convictions in 2006 after ruling a "linchpin linch·pin or lynch·pin n. 1. A locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft, as in an axle, to prevent a wheel from slipping off. 2. " witness in their cases received a deal from prosecutors that was never disclosed to the defence. |
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