close
close

Tag: Alford Plea

Death row inmate in the US receives life sentence after DNA test weakens sentence

Posted on | Posted on Theodore | Leave a Comment on Death row inmate in the US receives life sentence after DNA test weakens sentence
Death row inmate in the US receives life sentence after DNA test weakens sentence

By Joseph Ax Death row inmate in the US receives life sentence after DNA test weakens sentence Aug. 21 – A Missouri inmate convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in 1998 may avoid the death penalty and instead be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said Wednesday, after DNA tests […]

Mora man pleads guilty to overdose death in Aitkin County – Brainerd Dispatch

Posted on | Posted on Theodore | Leave a Comment on Mora man pleads guilty to overdose death in Aitkin County – Brainerd Dispatch
Mora man pleads guilty to overdose death in Aitkin County – Brainerd Dispatch

AITKIN – A 33-year-old Mora man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Aitkin County and was sentenced to more than two decades of probation. Following a jury trial in April that ended in a mistrial when the jury was unable to reach a verdict, Stephen Michael Bochniak pleaded guilty in an Alford plea on May […]