US EditionJudge orders new trial for Alabama man who has been on death row for 31 years
New DNA evidence links the crime scene to another incarcerated individual, prompting a federal judge to order a new trial for Christopher Barbour after 31 years on death row.
- A federal judge ordered a new trial for Christopher Barbour, an Alabama man who has been on death row for 31 years for a 1992 murder case.
- New DNA testing revealed that evidence left on the victim's body did not match Barbour or his two friends implicated in the crime, but rather a neighbor already in prison.
- U.S. District Judge Emily Marks ruled that Barbour must receive a new trial, giving Alabama prosecutors 90 days to begin the new trial.
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Judge orders new trial for Alabama man who has been on death row for 31 years
A federal judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama man on death row who argued that DNA evidence shows he's innocent. Chief U.S. District Judge Emily C.
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Judge grants new trial for Alabama Death Row inmate whose DNA did not match
After recent DNA testing raised questions, a Montgomery man who Alabama has kept on a death row for 31 years will get another shot at justice. A federal judge has ordered a new trial in the 1992 murder case that landed Christopher Barbour in prison.
·Alabama, United States
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