Update: An L.A. courtroom erupted in cries of joy Monday when a judge announced that a 74-year-old grandmother would be released from prison after serving 32 years for a murder she did not commit. Read KTLAs story here: ktlane.ws/OSJrV6 In 1981, Jones abusive boyfriend kidnapped two drug dealers and then forced Jones - at gunpoint - to drive them into an alley, where the boyfriend fatally shot the one of the men. Jones ran from the scene, expecting to be killed too. Instead, the teachers aide and churchgoer with no criminal record was charged with and convicted for two counts of murder and other crimes. Now, thanks to the help of USC law school students, her charges were reduced to manslaughter and she was set to be freed. Correction: This post earlier stated that Jones was convicted in two murders; one of the two people shot in the crime survived.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:52:25 +0000
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