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PHOENIX — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a motion from Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to reconsider the ruling that threw out the murder conviction of Debra Milke.
Milke has been in Arizona’s death row for more than 20 years. She was convicted of killing her 4-year-old son in 1989.
In March, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Milke’s conviction and death sentence, saying the case was tainted by a detective with a history of lying under oath. The Appeals panel ruled that the prosecution failed to disclose information about Detective Armando Saldate’s past misconduct. Saldate testified that Milke confessed to plotting her son’s murder. Milke denied she ever confessed and denied having any involvement in her son’s murder.
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