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Justices let Texas man remain free after long wait for trial

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2012 file photo, Jerry Hartfield speaks from a visiting area at the Hughes Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice outside Gatesville, Texas. A Texas district court of appeals panel issued an opinion on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, saying that Hartfield, an inmate imprisoned for more than 35 years after his murder conviction was overturned should go free. (AP Photo/Michael Graczyk, File)

Texas court grants appeal after 35 years without conviction

By CLAUDIA LAUER - Associated Press

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This handout image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Jerry Hartsfield. Hartsfield has been locked up for more than three decades for a slaying even though the state's top appeals court ruled in 1980 that Hartsfield, who is serving a life sentence, doesn't have a valid murder conviction. His attorneys are asking a state district judge to dismiss the charge and free him because his constitutional right to a speedy trial has been violated. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

Lawyers: Free man wrongfully locked up for decades

By MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press