STORY: "Judge grants former Akron police captain Douglas Prade to be released, receive new trial," published in the Plain Dealer on January 29, 2013.
GIST: "Former Akron police captain Douglas Prade, convicted of the 1997 murder of his ex-wife, will be released from prison and granted a new trial by Summit County Judge Judy Hunter. "Based on the review of the conclusive Y-STR DNA test results and the evidence from the 1998 trial, the Court is firmly convinced that no reasonable juror would convict the Defendant for the crime of aggravated murder with a firearm," Hunter said in the ruling (read the full ruling in the document reader below). "The court concludes as a matter of law that the Defendant is actually innocent of aggravated murder. As such, the Court overturns the Defendant's convictions for aggravated murder with a firearms specification, and he shall be discharged from prison forthwith."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/01/judge_grants_former_akron_poli.html
WKYC story: "The conviction came despite a lack of witnesses, fingerprints or a murder weapon, but was based largely on a bite mark found on Margo Prade's body. One forensic dentist testified the mark matched Prade's teeth. Prade always maintained he was innocent. With an attorney from the Ohio Innocence Project, Prade argued that new DNA test results would prove he did not kill his ex-wife."
http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/280610/33/Akron-Judge-overturns-murder-conviction-of-Doug-Prade
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
