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California Supreme Court Vacates Conviction and Death Sentence After Experts Recant Testimony

Loaded on June 17, 2018 by Dale Chappell published in Criminal Legal News July, 2018, page 27
Filed under: Expert Witnesses, Habeas Corpus, Death Penalty. Location: California.

by Dale Chappell

The Supreme Court of California granted a writ of habeas corpus and vacated a first-degree murder conviction and death sentence after several of the experts who testified at trial recanted their testimony over 25 years later.

Vincent Benavides was convicted of first-degree murder and …

 

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