USA - In Vermont, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions overturns Donald Fell's 2005 conviction.

In Vermont, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions overturns Donald Fell's 2005 conviction. Fell, 34, White, is on death row awaiting execution. Now the federal judge says the man is entitled to a new trial citing juror misconduct. On Nov. 26, 2000, then-20-year-old Fell and his accomplice, Robert Lee, killed Fell's mother, Debra, and her friend, Charles Conway, at her home after an argument over the radio volume. From there, investigators say the two men fled to the nearby Price Chopper where they carjacked and abducted a woman. Police say the men drove Terry King, 53, to New York, where, on Nov. 27, they beat the woman to death. Fell and Lee were arrested four days later in Arkansas, allegedly confessed to the three murders and were returned to Vermont to face federal kidnapping and murder charges. Lee hanged himself in prison. Fell was found guilty in 2005 for the death of Terri King and sentenced to death. Last summer, Fell's lawyers argued the jury that found him guilty was tainted because one of the jurors allegedly investigated the case on his own, traveling to Rutland to view the crime scene and telling other jurors of his observations, lying about his actions and supposedly coercing another juror into changing her vote. Two other jurors are accused of lying about their pasts during jury selection. Judge Sessions, who presided over the 2005 trial, said the conduct violates the fundamental integrity of Fell's trial.