Prosecutors not yet decided on whether to retry duo in child slayings
Readers had some questions after Friday morning's post on the Court of Appeals overturning the convictions of two men in the gruesome slayings of three children in 2004. My apologies for not updating the blog before I left.
The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office will have to decide whether to retry the two men, who will remain behind bars. As of Friday, no decision has been made. As the article states, it could be difficult becuase one witness is dead and most others left or were deported to Mexico.
If prosecutors do not retry the case, the suspects will likely be deported to Mexico; they are illegal immigrants. In case you missed it, the appeals court overturned the convictions saying the judge had erred by not sharing notes from the jury with the defense team, who argued they would've changed their strategy given what jurors were thinking.
The case involved the 2004 near beheadings of three elementary school children in Northwest Baltimore. An uncle and cousin were charged and convicted after a second trial; it was one of the most gruesome and complex cases in Baltimore in years.
Categories: Courts and the justice system, Northwest Baltimore
