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David Kurkowski
I too found this very moving, especially since I live in Pennsylvania. You might derive a modicum of satisfaction from this news, reported this morning in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Prosecutors will not seek a new trial for C.J. Rice, a South Philadelphia man whose 2013 conviction on four counts of attempted murder was overturned last year, they told a judge during a minutes-long hearing Monday.
There was no contention between the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and Rice’s defense team when prosecutors said at the Common Pleas Court hearing that they would not continue to prosecute Rice, essentially exonerating him.
The decision brings Rice’s case, which had resulted in a 30- to 60-year prison sentence, to a close, 12 years after he was incarcerated, most recently at State Correctional Institution Chester in Delaware County. A federal court ordered in November that Rice, who petitioned that his conviction was unlawful, be released from custody or retried within 180 days.
The case garnered national attention when CNN anchor Jake Tapper, a Philadelphia native, wrote an article in The Atlantic in November 2022 and called Rice’s initial defense “dangerously incompetent.”
This is just a portion of the article. The Rhiannon song was very moving. She's a great singer and songwriter. Peace, Dave
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