Judge dismisses 3-strikes case

From: Daily Breeze | Date: February 1, 2003 | Copyright information

By The Associated Press

A judge on Friday dismissed charges against a janitor serving 70 years to life in a three-strikes robbery case after prosecutors said they lacked evidence to convict him at a new trial.

Sason Kindle, 33, "was smiling ear to ear" after the ruling, said Justin Brooks, executive director of the California Innocence Project, one of several ...

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