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Twenty-two years after Scott D. Oliver raped and murdered an 11-year-old girl in Easton, his claims of innocence have ended with new DNA testing proving he committed the brutal crime, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said Monday.

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Posts: 7860 | Location: Georgetown, Texas | Registered: January 25, 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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This is the part that really caught my eye:
"At appeal, his trial attorney, Gary Asteak, testified Oliver had also confessed to him."

I wonder how that came about?
 
Posts: 245 | Location: Austin, Texas | Registered: July 08, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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You have to wonder about the Innocence Project's standards for taking cases. So far it is 2 for 2 in that jurisdiction!
 
Posts: 444 | Location: Austin, Texas, USA | Registered: January 06, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Awful.
 
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