Life Sentence Overturned

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man sentenced to life in prison a quarter-century ago has been ordered freed from prison after the Philadelphia prosecutor told the court last month that he was “likely innocent” of the murder for which he was convicted. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that a judge Monday ordered the release of 48-year-old Chester Hollman III from state prison in Luzerne County, with formal dismissal of all charges expected later this month. Defense attorney Alan Tauber called it “a glorious day.”


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