Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Her conviction has been overturned and her 'confession' to a cop who was branded 'lawless' has been thrown out. So why, after 23 years on Death Row for killing her son, is Debra Milke STILL begging for her freedom?

  • Debra Milke was convicted of plotting the murder of son Christopher, 4, two decades ago
  • Her conviction was described as 'shameful' and 'troubling' by the appeal judge overturning it
  • Now attorneys have petitioned the court to release her on bail pending retrial in September
  • Her mother is dying and she has had no contact with her for two months
  • A judge will again decide her fate on 1 August
  • The men convicted of the shooting maintain her innocence though they could save their own lives by testifying against her
Mother love? Debra Milke pictured with her son Christopher,killed at the age of 4. Prosecutors portrayed her a callous murderer convicted by her own 'confession'

An Arizonan mother awaiting retrial after 23 years on death row has made a desperate plea for bail after learning that her own mother is dying of cancer, MailOnline can reveal.
Debra Milke was found guilty of playing a part in the murder of her 4-year-old son Chrisopher in 1989. 
Her conviction was dramatically overturned in March when it emerged that the State had knowingly withheld evidence that lead detective, Armando Saldate, Jr, ‘lied under oath and trampled the constitutional rights of suspects.’

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