Sentences with phrase «original conviction in this case»

At the trial, nationally recognized arson experts testified about advances in fire science that discredit the original conviction in this case.

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John Goodman is awaiting retrial in his case after his original conviction was overturned because of juror misconduct.

«With their support, we are able to triple the original award and offer $ 3,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case.

House, which I think of as the innocence case, produced a 5 - 3 ruling in favor of a death row defendant's right to use DNA evidence to try to establish his innocence 20 years after his original conviction.

If, however, you were convicted, and the Court found that you knew that the victim hadn't died at the time of trial, but you did not raise the fact that the victim wasn't dead, it isn't clear if you could have the original conviction vacated because it was a fair trial and you knew evidence sufficient to get yourself acquitted (which you may have refrained from presenting to avoid conviction on a lesser charge like kidnapping or aggravated assault), and the status of an «actual innocence» grounds for vacating a conviction after trial is hotly disputed, conservatives like the late Justice Scalia generally say «no», liberals generally say «yes», moderates like to say «yes» but make it almost impossible to establish except in rare cases like one where a live person walks in when there was a murder conviction for killing that actually living person.

We can appeal a conviction or sentence and make representations to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), regardless of whether the firm acted for you in your original matter.