the conviction of Linda Lou Charbonneau, sentenced to death for masterminding...

the conviction of Linda Lou Charbonneau, sentenced to death for masterminding the killings of her husband and former husband in 2001, was overturned by the Delaware Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court said it overturned the conviction because a witness was not allowed to testify in Linda Lou Charbonneau's 2004 murder trial. Charbonneau's attorneys said that if the witness - her son-in-law, Willie Brown - had testified, they planned to point out inconsistencies between his statements and the version of events presented by the state.
Charbonneau, 58, was convicted by a Sussex County jury of masterminding the deaths of her former husband, John Charbonneau, 62, in September 2001, and her husband, William Sproates III, 45, in October 2001. An autopsy report showed Sproates had been buried alive.
The jury convicted her of 1st-degree murder and Sussex County Superior Court Judge Richard F. Stokes sentenced her to death.
Today's decision removes Charbonneau from Delaware's death row.