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Judge Denies DNA Testing in Case of a Man Executed 13 Years Ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — April Alley’s father was executed 13 years ago, but the evidence in his case remains sitting on shelves in a clerk’s office, one floor below where he was tried and convicted of murder in 1986.Her Father Was Executed for Murder. She Still Wants to Know if He Did It.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — April Alley had last spoken with her father when she was a girl of 10, so there was plenty of catching up to do when they met about 15 years later in the noisy visiting area of a prison in Nashville, Tennessee.Her Father Was Executed for Murder. She Still Wants to Know if He Did It.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — April Alley had last spoken with her father when she was a girl of 10, so there was plenty of catching up to do when they met about 15 years later in the noisy visiting area of a prison in Nashville, Tennessee.Spared From the Shredder (for Now): 'Priceless' Bank Records of 19th-Century New York
NEW YORK — A roaring omnivore of a shredding truck was parked Monday morning on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, chewing through centuries’ worth of paper.Why a witness to Eric Garner's death is giving up on 'Justice'
(About New York): NEW YORK — During the past two weeks, a Staten Island man named James received an unexpected FedEx delivery. Then a certified letter. His phone rang constantly with calls from people on the 13th floor of New York City Police Headquarters in lower Manhattan. A taxi was parked outside his home, waiting for him.Her father was executed for murder, she still wants to know if he did it
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — April Alley had last spoken with her father when she was a girl of 10, so there was plenty of catching up to do when they met about 15 years later in the noisy visiting area of a prison in Nashville, Tennessee.Spared from the shredder (for now): 'Priceless' bank records of 19th-century New York
NEW YORK — A roaring omnivore of a shredding truck was parked Monday morning on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, chewing through centuries’ worth of paper.It takes a village to really mess things up
NEW YORK — In a famous medical study, two doctors traced a chain of errors that brought the wrong patient, a “Mrs. Morris,” to an operating room for an invasive heart procedure that she did not want, did not need and that no one had actually ordered for her.