Citing doubts, LA prosecutors want to free convicted killer
Source: Associated Press
Citing doubts, LA prosecutors want to free convicted killer
Robert Jablon, Associated Press
Updated 10:51 pm, Wednesday, June 22, 2016
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors will ask a judge Thursday to free a man convicted seven years ago of killing a college student, citing new doubts about his guilt.
Raymond Lee Jennings is serving 40 years to life in state prison following a 2009 conviction.
"My office has been presented with credible new evidence that brings this conviction into question," District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement Wednesday.
Lacey said her office will ask a Superior Court judge to release Jennings, 42, on his own recognizance "in the interest of justice" while the DA's Conviction Review Unit, formed last year, completes an investigation.
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