US court acquits death row inmate

Florida’s supreme court unanimously ordered the acquittal of a death row inmate, saying prosecutors had not proved he killed two neighbours.

US court acquits death row inmate

Florida’s supreme court unanimously ordered the acquittal of a death row inmate, saying prosecutors had not proved he killed two neighbours.

John Ballard, 37, has served nearly three years for the 1999 murders of his friends Jennifer Jones and Willie Ray Patin, whose skulls were smashed in their apartment.

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