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Tenn. man's murder retrial could hinge on DNA

AP — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:38:49 +0000

A prosecutor said Wednesday he would drop renewed murder charges against a former Tennessee death row inmate if DNA tests currently being performed raise doubts about his guilt.Paul House was released last week after spending 23 years in prison for...

Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:32:45 +0000

A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail.Paul House, 46, who faces an October retrial in the 1985 killing of Carolyn Muncey, ate a “3...

Tenn. inmate released after 22 years on death row

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:19:16 +0000

A former death row inmate has been freed from a Nashville prison for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail.Paul House was released Wednesday to await retrial in the 1985 slaying of Carolyn Muncey. Two years ago...

Ex-death row inmate in Tennessee to be released

AP — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:10:12 +0000

A former Tennessee death row inmate is scheduled to be freed from prison on bail for the first time in nearly 23 years.Paul House was sentenced to death for the slaying of a young mother.He is being retried in October in the 1985 slaying of...

Tenn. death row inmate House given $500,000 bond

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:42:03 +0000

A judge has set bond at half a million dollars for a man who is being retried on a murder charge after spending 22 years on Tennessee’s death row.Paul House was sentenced to death for slaying of a young mother.But in 2006, the U.S. Supreme...

Bond considered for longtime death row inmate

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:32:16 +0000

A Tennessee man who has spent 22 years on death row is due to appear in court Friday for a bail hearing that could set him free.Paul House has been on death row since 1986 for the slaying of a young mother in Union County.But in 2006, the U.S....

Bond to be considered for man after 22 years on death row

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:22:57 +0000

A Tennessee man who has spent 22 years on death row is expected to appear in court Friday for a bail hearing that could set him free.Paul House has been on death row since 1986 for the slaying of a young mother in Union County.But in 2006, the...

Judge: Tenn. must retry or free death row inmate

AP — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:42:57 +0000

A federal judge has given Tennessee until June 17 to retry or free a death row inmate who the U.S. Supreme Court said two years ago likely isn’t guilty.Paul House has been in limbo while a prosecutor battles efforts to have him...

Tenn. man on death row despite high court ruling

AP — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:44:11 +0000

Multiple sclerosis has Paul House in a wheelchair. A tenacious prosecutor has him on death row, deemed too dangerous to be released two years after the U.S. Supreme Court said he likely isn’t guilty.That closely watched ruling, which made it...

Iraqi court rulings stop at US detention sites

AP — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:34:00 +0000

In the eyes of Iraqi justice, Yahya Ali Humadi is a free man.To the U.S. military, he’s another of the detainees in yellow jumpsuits held at the sprawling Camp Bucca in southern Iraq.Humadi _ ordered released nine months ago after an Iraqi...