Elainera
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Just saw that the murder conviction was reversed.....
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/02/22/isiah-fowler-murder-conviction/
From the link:
An appeals judge has reversed the conviction of Isiah Fowler, the boy convicted of killing his 8-year-old sister Leila Fowler in 2013.
Prosecutors said inconsistencies in his interviews immediately after the murder proved he was the killer and a court agreed.
An appeals judge ruled that interview evidence cannot be used because Isiah Fowler was not read his rights.
Plesser says there is DNA evidence found on Leila that he says shows further proof Isiah Fowler was not the killer.
So the DNA that was found on her body did not belong to our client, anyone in his family, any of the law enforcement or first responders, or crime scene technicians who were in the house, and no one who was in the federal database, Plesser said.
The California Attorney General could file a petition for the California Supreme Court to review the reversal.
If not, the case goes back to the Calaveras County D.A., to decide whether to drop charges or retry the case again.
Very interesting.
Family believes he did not kill his sister.