NJ murder case dropped after 2 men spent 24 years in prison

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Updated 5:00 pm, Friday, April 6, 2018



NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors dropped a case Friday against two men who spent 24 years behind bars in the bloody killing of a New Jersey video store clerk before DNA tests linked a key piece of evidence to another man.

Eric Kelley and Ralph Lee had been released on bail after their convictions were overturned last year. But until Friday, they were facing a potential retrial in the 1993 death of Tito Merino in Paterson.

With the case dismissed, "I'm finally free," Lee said by phone.

"I was looking forward to it one day, but I didn't think it was going to be today."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/NJ-murder-case-dropped-after-2-men-spent-24-years-12812368.php

[marble falls]

1. It may be a system, but its ironically named. All the justice is contained in the name.