JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a man's murder conviction and life sentence in the 1990 slaying of a rural neighbor, but his prospects for being freed were quickly tempered when the attorney general's office announced it intends to retry him.
Missouri Supreme Court overturns conviction in 1990 farm death
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 | 3:40 p.m. CST;
updated 9:46 p.m. CST, Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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