Six months after a jury convicted Horner in a verdict that was not unanimous, he asked the Oregon Innocence Project for help. An Oregon Innocence Project volunteer and an official from Hummel’s office searched for it. “They made a couple trips around Deschutes County; he was not there,” said Steve Wax, legal director of the Oregon Innocence Project. It was wonderful,” said Lisa Christon, the Oregon Innocence Project volunteer. Horner, in a statement released by the Oregon Innocence Project, thanked the group, his family, friends and Hummel.

Source: National Post September 10, 2018 23:51 UTC