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| Inmates turning to post-conviction relief |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/11/2006 |
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NEWARK, NJ - An increasing number of the state's inmates are fighting their sentences through post-conviction relief, with the number of cases growing 46 percent over the past four years, court statistics show. Post-conviction relief filings, which inmates can only resort to after their appeals have been exhausted, stood at 762 for the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to court statistics. The process, which is different from appeals because it is a new case instead of a continuation, allows matters that couldn't be included in an appeal to be reintroduced. John Harchar, a 46-year-old Edison man, spent seven years in prison fighting his robbery conviction, but it was only his post-conviction relief case that helped him. His conviction was thrown out after he proved his original attorney didn't provide the jury with a picture of him with short hair. The picture would have shown that he, unlike the long-haired robber, had a short cut just a few weeks before the crime. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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