USA - Louisiana. Judge Brady O'Callaghan has freed Rodricus Crawford on bond

Caddo District Court Judge Brady O'Callaghan has freed Rodricus Crawford on bond, pending a court appearance on January 30, 2017 to determine whether prosecutors will attempt to retry him after the Louisiana Supreme Court overturned Crawford's conviction and death sentence. National experts in a variety of medical fields have submitted affidavits concluding that Crawford's son, whom he was convicted of killing, was not murdered at all, but died of pneumonia and sepsis. Crawford was released Tuesday evening after the judge in Caddo District Court assigned him a $50,000 bond on Tuesday. Crawford was convicted in 2013 of the 1st-degree murder of his 1-year-old son, Roderius Lott. The Louisiana Supreme Court last week vacated the trial court's verdict, and now Crawford has the opportunity for a new trial. Crawford had been on death row in Angola. The case has drawn attention from the national media. In a statement to The Times last week, the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office said the case will be reassigned. A new assistant district attorney will re-evaluate the case in order to make a determination on a proper course of action to proceed further in the matter.