Witness' sister helps free man convicted in 1979 killing
Source: LAT
In 1979, Brenda Anderson testified that a young man with whom she had gone to high school shot her elderly neighbor to death.
Thirty-four years later, Anderson's sister Sharon took the stand and said the account, which helped send the young man to prison, was a lie.
On Thursday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sided with Sharon Anderson and threw out the conviction of Kash Delano Register, who maintained his innocence during more than three decades as inmate No. C11693.
Judge Katherine Mader's ruling eviscerated the case against Register, 53, who was convicted mainly on eyewitness testimony that his attorneys say was false. They also said police and prosecutors suppressed evidence that would have helped Register's defense, accusations that Mader found credible.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-innocence-hearing-20131108,0,5797031.story
christx30
(6,241 posts)personal consequences to police and prosecutors in cases like this? The prosecutor should, if he is still alive, be forced to spend the rest of his life in jail, after stealing 30 years of this man's life.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)So does this guy get a free assault? I know who I would use it on if it were me.
valerief
(53,235 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)radhika
(1,008 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)why not his parents for giving him a name like that?
Sanity Claws
(21,840 posts)and whether that was a factor in the false testimony.
Grateful for Hope
(39,320 posts)I am so glad that the truth has come to light.