This summer and fall, as Joe Bryan’s attorneys argued that he deserved a new trial, Bryan watched in silence. Although he was at the center of the evidentiary hearing in Comanche, Texas, he was never afforded a chance to speak. [Read the story of how Joe Bryan has spent the past three decades in prison for the murder of his wife, a crime he claims he didn’t commit.] Bryan has twice been convicted of the 1985 murder of his wife, Mickey, an elementary school teacher, in their Clifton, Texas, home. At the hearing in Comanche, compelling evidence was presented that the forensic testimony used to convict him was erroneous.

Source: New York Times December 17, 2018 19:29 UTC