AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court in Ohio says a judge was
wrong to release a former police captain who had spent nearly 15 years
in prison in his ex-wife’s killing.
The ruling released Wednesday
comes a little more than a year after Douglas Prade was freed from
prison based on new testing of a bite mark.
A judge in Akron ruled in January 2013 that new DNA test results proved Prade didn’t kill his former
wife.
The
appeals court says the DNA testing only raised more questions than
answers and that Prade’s original conviction was based on a great deal
of evidence.
Prade was convicted in 1998 of shooting his ex-wife to death where she worked as a doctor.
There were no witnesses and no fingerprints, and no gun was found.
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court in Ohio says a judge was
wrong to release a former police captain who had spent nearly 15 years
in prison in his ex-wife’s killing.
The ruling released Wednesday
comes a little more than a year after Douglas Prade was freed from
prison based on new testing of a bite mark.
A judge in Akron ruled in January 2013 that new DNA test results proved Prade didn’t kill his former
wife.
The
appeals court says the DNA testing only raised more questions than
answers and that Prade’s original conviction was based on a great deal
of evidence.
Prade was convicted in 1998 of shooting his ex-wife to death where she worked as a doctor.
There were no witnesses and no fingerprints, and no gun was found.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.