STORY: "A convicted killer sitting in a Nevada prison for a gruesome murder in 2001 is getting another shot at freedom. A judge has granted Kirstin Lobato's request for a new trial. Lobato has been in a Nevada prison since 2006, when she was convicted of brutally killing a homeless man. She's
maintained that she was 170 miles away when the crime occurred and
believes untested DNA evidence will prove she didn't do it."
See Wikipedia entry at the link below: "In May 2010, Lobato filed a writ of habeas corpus
petition that asserted 79 grounds for a new trial. Among those was her
claim of actual innocence based on new evidence discovered after her
trial proving she was in Panaca, Nevada, during the time when Bailey was killed. Judge Vega denied Lobato's petition in June 2011. Lobato appealed that ruling to the Nevada Supreme Court on August 1, 2011. In February 2011 Lobato filed a post-conviction petition for DNA
testing of crime scene evidence. The Innocence Project agreed to pay for
the testing if Lobato's petition was granted. The petition was opposed
by the Clark County District Attorney's Office, and denied by Judge
Vega. Lobato appealed that ruling to the Nevada Supreme Court, which on
January 12, 2012 dismissed her appeal on the basis Judge Vega's ruling was not appealable under NRS 176.0918. After Lobato's DNA testing petition was denied, an online petition
has called for the Nevada courts to test the crime scene evidence in
Lobato's case, claiming it can prove she is an innocent person.[6] A book about the case, entitled Kirstin Blaise Lobato's Unreasonable Conviction by Hans Sherrer was published in May 2008 by the Justice Institute, and a second edition in November 2010.[14] As of March 17, 2015 more than 53,000 copies have been downloaded at no charge from the website, Justice Denied.[15] Retired FBI agent Steve Moore, noted for his advocacy on behalf of Amanda Knox, has referred to the case documents in the Lobato case as, "...complete and utter bullshit."[1] After having been charged with misconduct and publicly reprimanded by the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, Judge Vega,[16][17] the judge in both of Lobato's trials, did not run for re-election in 2014 and stepped down from the bench in January 2015."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_of_Kirstin_Lobato
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