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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 5, 2001

Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death...

Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death row inmate Juan Melendez deserves a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that may have changed the outcome of his trial

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Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death row inmate Juan Melendez deserves a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that may have changed the outcome of his trial. "Without knowledge of and access to the suppressed evidence, the defendant did not receive a fair trial," wrote Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer. Florida leads the country in the number of people exonerated and freed from death row.
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  • (Sources: Associated Press, 05/12/2001)